Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Oana Stănculescu Author-Workplace-Name: Babes Bolyai Tudományegyetem Author-Name: Stefana A. D. Varvari Author-Workplace-Name: Babes Bolyai Tudományegyetem Author-Name: Marius Cristea Author-Workplace-Name: Észak-Nyugat Fejlesztési Ügynökség Title: The competitiveness of companies in northern Transylvania-case study using the global utility theory Abstract: The present paper is trying to emphasize how local competitiveness is transmitted and taken at regional level, which are the determinants of these two concepts and which is the place of the counties in regional hierarchy and the place of the regions in national hierarchy. Studying the most important indicators that characterize the private business environment we were able to draw some conclusions regarding the most competitive counties from Northern Transylvania and which are the factors that contribute to these results. Classification-JEL: R11 Keywords: local competitiveness, regional competitiveness, global utility theory, economic disparities, economic agents Pages: 5-19 Number: 2 Volume: 9 Year: 2012 Publication-Status: Published File-URL: http://www.strategiaifuzetek.hu/files/66/stratfuz_2012_2_vege_2.pdf File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:mic:esfjrn:v:9:y:2012:i:2:p:5-19