The economic crisis has affected the EU regions very differently over the last five years, depending on the region's strengths or weaknesses, its sectoral structure and the response of national and regional governments. In some countries, downturns can lead to narrower interregional disparities, while in some can trigger regional divergence. Previous empirical studies indicate that there is a tendency for regional disparities to grow during recessions, and diminish in the period of economic growth (Dunford and Parron, 1994; Evans and MacCormic, 1994, Audas and Mackay, 1997). Although the reduction of regional disparities represents one of the priorities of EU regional policy and of Croatian regional policy, regional disparities within the Croatia are still significant. The current economic crisis that has emerged in the Croatian economy has already an enormous negative effect on several national and regional development indicators like GDP per capita, unemployment, and productivity. Some areas are coping with structural changes such as de-industrialization. In line with that 2 the main aim of the paper is to find out if regional imbalances within Croatia have been more exposed by the current crises? This paper analyses the disparities between economic developments of Croatian counties before the crisis (before 2009) in comparison with the recession period. The analysis focuses on regional development index and other available socioeconomic indicators (GDP per capita, unemployment rate). Obtained results can serve as a ground for improvements in Croatian regional economic policy.
Pandemija bolesti COVID-19 izazvala je ekonomske šokove te je potaknula rasprave o tome kako poboljšati otpornost lokalnih i regionalnih jedinica na krize. Inovacije javnog sektora predstavljaju izazov, ali donose koristi, posebno za vrijeme društveno-gospodarskih kriza. Rad istražuje provedbu inovacija u javnom sektoru na lokalnoj i regionalnoj razini. Dok se većina dosadašnjih istraživanja bavi istraživanjem uloge privatnog sektora u provedbi inovacija u javnom sektoru, u ovom je radu cilj istražiti sposobnost lokalnih i regionalnih jedinica za provedbu inovacija i prepreke za provedbu inovativnih aktivnosti iz perspektive lokalnih dionika. Istražuje se postoji li heterogenost između jedinica lokalne i regionalne samouprave te lokalnih razvojnih agencija i lokalnih akcijskih grupa u razini inovacija i, ako postoje, s kojim se preprekama lokalni dionici susreću pri uvođenju ili provedbi inovacija. Također, istražuje se i utjecaj identificiranih prepreka na proces uvođenja inovacija. Rezultati ukazuju na tri glavna čimbenika koji narušavaju proces uvođenja inovacija u javnom sektoru. To su prepreke vezane za kompetencije, birokratske prepreke i poteškoće u financiranju. Pri tome su kao najznačajnije prepreke procesa uvođenja inovacija u hrvatskom javnom sektoru identificirane financijske poteškoće te prepreke vezane za kompetencije.
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