Romania does not have what it needs to become a high-tech economy, because it has not laid the foundations for such a thing, and is moving towards a service economy, believes Valentin Lazea, chief economist at the National Bank of Romania. "I, personally, do not believe that we have what it takes to become a high-tech economy, because we have not laid the foundations to have something like that, both in terms of the educational system and in terms of the research-innovation system. As long as