Bottom-up regional economic development : competition, competitiveness and clusters

Lengyel Imre: Bottom-up regional economic development : competition, competitiveness and clusters. In: Regional competitiveness, innovation and environment. pp. 13-38. (2009)

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Abstract

In the economies developing and transforming as a result of globalisation processes, increasing localisation represents one of the most marked processes: while the importance of national economies (relatively) is decreasing, the economic role of regions and cities seems to grow. Global competition has intensified also in space, especially with the growing importance of knowledge-based economy. Interregional competition, which means the competition of regions and cities for scarce resources, global aims and so on, is increasingly prevalent. The economic characteristics of interregional competition differ form those of the competition of companies or on the labour market; consequently, the improvement of competitiveness can be described differently in the case of regions. After reviewing the most important features of global competition, the present paper provides a detailed analysis of the concept and characteristics of interregional competition. Departing from the criteria of interregional competition, it reviews the concept of regional competitiveness and gives the pyramidal model serving the improvement of regional competitiveness. Based on this model it also outlines the development ideas, so called ‘UFO model’, aiming to improve the competitiveness of regions with different development levels.

Item Type: Book Section
Heading title: Regional Competitiveness and Economic Development
Journal or Publication Title: Regional competitiveness, innovation and environment
Date: 2009
ISSN: 1588-8533
Page Range: pp. 13-38
Series Name: SZTE Gazdaságtudományi Kar közleményei
Language: English
Related URLs: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/37421/
Uncontrolled Keywords: Regionális fejlesztés, Versenyképesség - gazdasági
Additional Information: Bibliogr.: p. 35-38. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven
Subjects: 05. Social sciences
05. Social sciences > 05.02. Economics and business
Date Deposited: 2016. Oct. 17. 10:39
Last Modified: 2022. Feb. 15. 08:28
URI: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/36245

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