%0 Journal Article %T Research into International Competitiveness in 2000¨C2008 %A Vytautas Snie£¿ka %J Engineering Economics %D 2008 %I %X KTU Department of Economics and International Trade carried out the research in 1999 ¨C 2008 that created the background for the teaching of masters and doctors in Economics and Management programs at the Department. In the period of 1999 ¨C 2008 the journal ¡°Engineering Economics¡± has accepted 85 articles, written by the researches of the Department. All the articles may be classified according to the fields of analysis into following four groups: international competitiveness of nations and companies; competition environment and international trade features in specific industries and markets; international finance and investments and risk management; economic cycles and foreign debt control. %K international competitiveness %K international trade %K clusters %K forecasting %K transaction costs %K industrial policy %K technical barriers to trade %K non-tariff barriers to trade %K knowledge outsourcing %U http://www.ktu.lt/lt/mokslas/zurnalai/inzeko/59/1392-2758-2008-4-59-29.pdf