Regional competitiveness in Poland: Creating an index

Bronisz, Urszula; Heijman, Wim; Miszczuk, Andrzej

doi:10.1007/s10037-008-0026-y

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“…The carried out examination allow us to construct the index of regional social capital and than to compare the position of 16 Polish regions with their locations in the index of regional competitiveness from our previous research (Bronisz, Heijman, Miszczuk 2008). In the competitiveness research in order to provide an overall picture of regional level of competitiveness we followed the Robert Huggins Institute approach (Huggins, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Relationship Between Social Capital and Regional Competitiveness in Poland

Bronisz¹,

Heijman²

2010

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This article aims at presenting different approaches to the phenomenon of social capital. The concept of social capital is ambiguous and that is why we will highlight a number of definitions of this notion. The central attention of the paper focuses on the relationship between social capital and regional development and competitiveness. The fundamental question concerns the impact of social capital on the regional economic performance. Hence, we will survey the empirical examination of 16 Polish regions in terms of social capital. We will also study whether the regional level of social capital depends on the level of competitiveness. The purpose of this article is also to make a contribution to the discussion concerning the relationship between economic development and social capital.

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The Relationship Between Social Capital and Regional Competitiveness in Poland

Bronisz¹,

Heijman²

2010

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“…There are also regional competitiveness studies with fewer indicators than the national competitiveness indices, and examples of such indicators are the World Knowledge Competitiveness Index, the European Competitiveness Index (ECI), the United Kingdom Competitiveness Index (built the company Robert Huggins Associates), the Atlas of Regional Competitiveness (Eurochambres), and the World Competitiveness Index of Regions (WCIR) (see [62]). Examples of composite indices used in studies developed in the NMS to assess regional competitiveness are in Romania, the regional competitiveness index of the Applied Economics Group, regional competitiveness index proposed by IRECSON, and indices of regional competitiveness built on an integrator model [16,63]; in the Czech Republic, the index of regional competitiveness in terms of economic performance, development of regional innovation system, and quality of life (see [64]); in Poland, the index concerning regional competitiveness in accordance with Huggin's threefactor model of regional competitiveness developed by Bronisz et al (see [65]); etc.…”

Section: Assessment Of Regional Competitiveness Resilience and Convmentioning

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Some Perpetually Old and New Development Issues in the EU Regions: Competitiveness, Resilience, and Convergence: Where Do the New Member States Stand?

Iordan¹,

Chilian²

2017

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Competitiveness, resilience, and convergence were topics that for decades were listed among the hot issues that have animated the scientific and political debates in the area of economic growth and economic development. For the new member states (NMS) of the European Union, which have accessed the Union since 2004, competitiveness and cohesion became from the first days of their EU membership key topics on their national policy agendas, both as directives of the EU policies to be transposed and implemented nationally and as genuine domestic concerns to be addressed by each of the NMS, while resilience revealed its importance a little bit later, on the occasion of the global economic crisis of 2008-2010 and subsequent recession. Considering their importance for the current and future socioeconomic development of the new member states, the authors present and briefly analyze the topics of competitiveness, resilience, and cohesion in a joint framework, at regional level, based on their common roots within the economic growth and development theories, with the help of a minimal, but powerful, set of relevant indicators, over three significant recent periods: ante-crisis, crisis, and post-crisis. The findings point toward both different and similar competitiveness, resilience, and convergence developments within the new member states and across countries, regions, and periods, also revealing growth and adaptation patterns similar to those found in the more developed regions and countries of the EU, especially in the wake of the global economic crisis.

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“…The index emphasizes the importance of regional aspects of competitiveness and the role of knowledge, creativity, and infrastructure in the analysis of regional competitiveness (Huggins & Davies, 2006). Based on the weighting of different components of competitiveness developed by Huggins, Bronisz, Heijman, and Miszczuk have developed an index of regional competitiveness of Poland, based on which they ranked 16 Polish regions according to their competitiveness (Bronisz, Heijman & Miszczuk, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%