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The paper aims at analysing the labour market, one of the most complex forms of market in economy. The present work forwards a comparative survey regarding the labour market in Romania and in the other European Union member states. The paper starts by highlighting general aspects related to labour market and continues by the presentation of the European Union countries’ ranking according to the labour market efficiency, top elaborated on the basis of the World Economic Forum data. Furthermore, the paper analyses labour productiveness, employment rate and unemployment rate both in Romania and in the other countries of the European Union. In the end the authors forward conclusions regarding the possibilities of increasing competitiveness on Romania’s labour market.

The entrepreneurial spirit may develop in any economic sector and any type of business, both in the case of men and women, it is applied to a wide range of organisations, from family businesses to large companies, irrespective of the structure of shareholders, from NGOs to companies gone public on the capital market, firms from all sectors of activity. As regards the gender disparities in the entrepreneurial field, studies reveal the fact that although the two genders are similar, women entrepreneurs differ from men through motivations, their business ability and occupational past. Although the gender differences are still important, the number of women entrepreneurs has significantly increased compared to the previous period.

In the context of the integration into the European Union, the issue of the increase of firms’ competitiveness has become essential for Romania’s economy also, which requires as a mandatory condition the elaboration and application of certain clear strategies, both at the level of firms, and of the Government's, with specific goals and actions. Although it has made certain progress, Romania has significant competitiveness delays compared to the EU member states. In this context, development of entrepreneurial activities is a premise of the increase of economic competitiveness. Entrepreneurship is first of all a state of mind referring to the motivation and capacity of an individual to identify opportunity and follow it with the purpose of producing value or economic success.