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The regional competitiveness: Methodological reflections
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2018-6-117-132
Abstract
The discourse around the competitiveness of spatial socio-economic systems of different levels (countries, regions, cities) has developed very actively in recent decades. The article shows that the degree of elaboration of such important from the methodological point of view aspects of the problem as the consistent conceptualization of the “regional competitiveness” phenomenon, the identification of objects to which this concept is applied, as well as the choice of evaluation methods, leave much to be desired.
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V. N. Ukrainsky
Economic Research Institute of Far Eastern Branch, the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Ukrainsky V.N. The regional competitiveness: Methodological reflections. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2018;(6):117-132. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2018-6-117-132
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