Regional Competitiveness in the Context of Globalization, New Economic Geography and Innovative Processes

The concept of 'competitiveness' has been largely discussed over the last two decades. Microeconomic competitiveness is based on the capacity of firms to compete, grow and be profitable, macroeconomic competitiveness is the "set of institutions, policies and factors that determine the level of productivity of a country". Between the two levels of competitiveness stands the concept of regional competitiveness which has gained more and more attention in recent years. The paper discusses relations of regional competitiveness to three phenomena, globalization, new economic geography and innovation processes. The article indirectly points to the requirement of substantial interdisciplinary cooperation in research of regional competitiveness, especially with the economy.