Transcript How the Regional Competitiveness could be Measured

How the Regional Competitiveness could
be Measured?
(Lessons from the SVILOPIM project)
Prof. Dr Sinisa Zaric
Measuring regional competitiveness
 Made in Vojvodina
 The best of Aragon
 Holidays in Istria
Measuring regional competitiveness
 Europe of regions
 Emilia Romagna (Italy)
 Banat/Banatul
(Romania)
 Serbian Banat/Romanian
Banatul
 Similarities
 Differences
Measuring regional competitiveness
 SVILOPIM Project
 Albania
 Bosnia
 Serbia
 www.svilopimserbia.com
Measuring regional competitiveness
 Networking approach
 Partners
 Universities
 Local/regional authorities
 NGO’s
Measuring regional competitiveness
 SVILOPIM: Different results
 Albania
 Elbasan
 Scuttari
 Serbia
 Sumadija (Kragujevac)
 Vojvodina (Novi Sad)
Measuring regional competitiveness
 Vojvodina vs. Sumadija
 Institutions- Formal and
Informal
 Differences in economic
history and economic
structure
Measuring regional competitiveness
 Novi Sad
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Serbian Athens
Austro-Hungarian
Multi-religious
Economic culture
High associability
Similar infrastructure
 Kragujevac
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Ancient captial
Otoman/Serbian
Orthodox
Paternalistic syndrome
Low associability
Similar infrastructure
Measuring regional competitiveness
 Why are some regions more
attractive for business and
investments?
 Can it be measured?
 Are the reports of real importance for
businessmen's decisions
Measuring regional competitiveness
 Reports on countries’ competitiveness
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GCR
RCA
TPI
GCI
BCI
NEP
PRI
Measuring regional competitiveness
 The Global Competitiveness Report
 Authorities
 M. Porter
 X. Sala-i-Martin
 Critical analysis of the Reports pillars
and variables
Measuring regional competitiveness
 Regional competitiveness
 Increasing number of reports, surveys
and study works
 One of the best: BERR’s “Regional
Competitiveness and State of the
Regions”
Measuring regional competitiveness
 Main characteristics
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The present state: mostly
The tendency: not enough
Comparisons to the past periods: possible
The attractiveness: zero
Measuring regional competitiveness
 Redesigning the Indicators
 From a general outlook to a more specified
 From macro economy to marketing
(positioning and visibility)
 From legal systems to infrastructure
Measuring regional competitiveness
 Redesigning by incorporating
 Social capital (measuring four dimensions)
 Quality of institutions (the executive opinion
survey on local level)
 Sophistication of local authorities operations
 Infrastructure: no serious disruptions
 Technical readiness: computer skills
 The role of HEI
 Modern business infrastructure
 Handy information and visibility
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