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This paper addresses issues related to competition and scientific research set in a structure comprising the state, scientific research institutions and the private sector. The study looks at the impact of globalization on the role of the state in political decision-making, development of the constitutional and legislative framework for scientific research and technology transfer, the training of technical cadres, and in the setting of research and development priorities. The paper also deals with the impact of globalization on the managerial role of scientific institutions in launching scientific research and technology transfer on the basis of the political decisions and within the constitutional and legislative framework, relying on and developing the technical cadres, and proposing support structures and appropriate legislation to help speed up the process and overcome any obstacles. Finally, the paper explains the role of the local and international private sector in providing material and moral support to the research institutions, and proposing areas of research that are of interest. (Published Abstract)