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Regional Competitiveness in Central European Countries: In Search of a Useful Conceptual Framework

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  • Jan Ženka
  • Josef Novotný
  • Pavel Csank

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The goal of this discussion paper is to examine the relevance of selected influential theoretical and conceptual approaches to regional competitiveness for specific geographical and institutional contexts of Central European (CE) regions. We argue that strategic documents and policies (both nation- and region-wide) in CE countries are based on un-critical applications of a few popular concepts of competitiveness that were originally proposed and mainly applied in Western European and US regions. Existing empirical evidence documents a strong role of exogenous factors of competitiveness in CE regions, the in-house character of firm innovations and weak demand for innovations, and other impediments of R&D collaboration. We suggest that these (and other factors) limit the applicability of concepts such as regional innovation systems and Porterian clusters in the context of many CE regions. On the other hand, we argue that some other concepts such as the global production networks perspective or related variety and economic complexity can provide some relevant and inspiring frameworks for analysing regional competitiveness in CE countries.

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  • Jan Ženka & Josef Novotný & Pavel Csank, 2014. "Regional Competitiveness in Central European Countries: In Search of a Useful Conceptual Framework," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(1), pages 164-183, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:22:y:2014:i:1:p:164-183
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.731042
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