Threats and challenges for the competitiveness of the european union: What are the perspectives for cohesion among the member states?

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Threats and challenges for the competitiveness of the european union: What are the perspectives for cohesion among the member states?

Original language description

A casual look at the geographic map of any territory reveals an uneven distribution of population across space. These maps often feature small &quot;nodal&quot; points of high population density, as opposed to the less inhabited surroundings. Indeed, the uneven distribution of population and economic activity across space can be somewhat attributed to natural causes. However, much of the pattern of the unequal spatial distribution of economic activity cannot be attributed solely to geographical reasons, but to a range of endogenous factors. In this context, territories can be considered to be competing for attracting and retaining economic activity. Following this logic, a degree of success in this competition can be expressed through regional competitiveness. Thus a competitive region, experiencing the prevalence of agglomerative over dispersive forces, enjoys constant net positive migration of mobile factors of production. At the other end of the scale, an uncompetitive region faces the continuous danger of desertification of footloose factors. The regional focus reflects the growing consensus that they are the primary spatial units where increasing returns to scale are created, while knowledge is generated and circulated, all resulting in the creation of agglomerations of economic activity. Supporting competitiveness requires creating framework conditions to develop the necessary infrastructure, human capital, technology, and efficient markets that can help attract talent and investment. The assumption, respectively, is that the critical prerequisite concept for competitiveness is cohesion. Cohesion is the glue that holds the European Union together. It shapes a variety of factors that make Europeans more willing to cooperate. These factors include the connections between societies and economies, people-to-people contacts across borders, as well as attitudes and expectations. But what is the level of competitiveness and cohesion in the European Union? Firstly, the chapter aims to provide a comprehensive measurement of cohesion across time for all the Member States via the Cohesion Monitor. Secondly, the chapter aims to measure the competitiveness of European regions at the NUTS 2 level through the Regional Competitiveness Index. Why is measuring regional competitiveness so essential? Because if you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it (Lord Kelvin). A quantitative score of competitiveness will help Member States in identifying possible regional weaknesses together with factors mainly driving these weaknesses. This, in turn, will assist regions in the catching-up process. The Regional Competitiveness Index can be used to help regions assess which aspects of competitiveness are the strongest and which need improvement.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Project

<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.20.0296" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0296: Research team for modelling of economic and financial processes at VSB-TU Ostrava</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

The European Union: Policies, Perspectives and Politics

ISBN

978-1-5361-7143-3

Number of pages of the result

22

Pages from-to

63-84

Number of pages of the book

366

Publisher name

Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Place of publication

New York

UT code for WoS chapter

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