Evaluation of the Czech Republic regions` competitiveness in the context of the Lisbon strategy

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JEL classification

• Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
• Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
• Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

Keywords

Competitiveness, Czech Republic, Lisbon strategy, NUTS 2, point method

Abstract

Evaluation of regional competitiveness is issue constantly in the forefront of economic science, which lacks a mainstream approach. The paper examines and analyses regional competitiveness of the Czech Republic by selected structural indicators of the European Union. Theoretical background of the paper set out the methodo-logical concept and thesis of regional competitiveness, focusing on the possibility of measuring, and the method-ology of EU Structural indicators system, which is used for the evaluation and the attainment of the objectives of the Lisbon strategy. The empirical part of the paper analyses the level of regional competitiveness of the Czech Republic through selected statistical and scaling methods in the case of 6 selected regional structural indicators.