In direct wage comparisons in the areas of production requiring lesser skilled workers Denmark is clearly not competitive in a strict wage sense (slide 14). Competitiveness of a business, however, comprises a number of factors and if you try to take account of all these factors Denmark is, unsurprisingly, much more competitive (slide 15).
Finally, the Forum should, wherever possible, aim to produce concrete, implementable recommendations, as distinct from analytical reports stating alternative views. And it should monitor the implementation of those recommendations. IV Two particular points have to be addressed further. Firstly, the involvement of the private sector. The Forum is asked to find flexible ways of drawing on private sector expertise.