Regional competitiveness, policy transfer and smart specialization

The research is devoted to the economic essence disclosure of smart specialization in the regional development and the identification of impact directions of such specialization on regional competitiveness and innovation activity.It is determined that smart specialization concept involves the relationship between science, education and economy, and in the context of regional development we are talking about the triad "business – science – public sphere". In accordance with these relations, the smart specialization goal is the optimal use of individual regions and countries potential through the maximum adaptation of possible development directions of science and education in theseregions or countries to their specific socio-economic conditions.It has been established that the main advantage of smart specialization at the regional levelis to increase its competitiveness and innovation activity, because availability of innovations inmodern globalized world is a major economic growth factor. It has been determined thenecessity of smart specialization concept implementation in Ukraine in regional policy field,primarily in the direction of attracting universities, other educational institutions and researchcenters to the determination of regions comparative advantages and to the formulation ofstrategies for their development based on specialization on such advantages realization.

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STRATEGIC TOOLS OF THE STATE REGULATION OF INTELLECTUALIZATION AND DIGITALIZATION PROCESSES IN THE FOCUS OF NEW PROSPECTS FOR SMART DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE

State and regions. Series: Economics and Business ◽

10.32840/1814-1161/2021-3-11 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Taras Vasyltsiv ◽

Olha Levytska ◽

Nataliia Magas

Keyword(s):

Regional Development ◽

State Regulation ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

The State ◽

Practical Significance ◽

Regional Economies ◽

Regional Competitiveness ◽

Industrial Enterprises ◽

Regional Strategies ◽

Smart Specialization

It is argued that the European practice of smart specialization is based on partnerships between business, government, scientific and technical institutions, and the public for the development of key sectors of specialization in the region aimed to stimulate intellectualization and digital transformation of regional economies. The shortcomings of the processes of intellectualization and digitalization of regional economies in Ukraine are identified, in particular, in the following aspects: the number of new technological processes introduced in industrial enterprises, the level of the Internet use, export and import of telecommunications, computer and information services. The results of the content analysis of strategic and program documents related to the innovative development of certain sectors of the economy adopted in Ukraine in the period 2013-2020 are summarized. Perspective goals and tools of regional strategies of smart specialization in the focus of a new vision of Ukraine's development are identified. The scientific novelty of the research results lies in the substantiation of the system and tools of regional strategies of smart specialization in the focus of new perspectives of innovative and digital development of Ukraine differentiated for the regions that are innovation-oriented, partially innovative, and backward in terms of innovation. Accordingly, with such an approach it is possible to achieve higher efficiency of the state policy for intellectualization and digitalization of regional economies within the strategy of smart specialization of regional development. The practical significance of the research is that the implementation of selected tools of the regional policy will result in the intensification of the processes of intellectualization and digital transformation of regional economies and society in Ukraine. Implementation of own smart specialization strategies by regions of Ukraine will not only increase regional competitiveness, create new jobs and improve the quality of life, but also draw additional financial resources for regional development, including priority sectors of the economy, by increasing investment attractiveness.

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Competitiveness as the Basis of EU Regional Policy: Smart Specialization and Sustainability

European Journal of Sustainable Development ◽

10.14207/ejsd.2021.v10n4p227 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 227

Author(s):

Mykola Palinchak ◽

Myroslava Tsalan ◽

Kateryna Brenzovych ◽

Anatolii Kucher ◽

Tomáš Kajánek ◽

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Keyword(s):

Regional Policy ◽

Regional Competitiveness ◽

Time To Market ◽

European Experience ◽

The World ◽

Competitive Relations ◽

World Economic ◽

Effective Organization ◽

Smart Specialization ◽

The Eu

Nowadays in the globalization era countries are forced to pay considerable attention to the integration aspects of development, regionalization processes ensuring their own competitiveness in order to enhance the competitive position in the market, which increases the scientific interest in the study of these issues. The purpose of the article is to consider competitiveness as the basis of EU regional policy and to determine the possibilities of applying such experience in Ukraine. A number of scientific research methods have been used: the method of deduction and induction, analysis, synthesis and comparison, a graphic method. Globalization contributes to the creation of new conditions of the world economic development, which forces economic actors to reconsider their role in the economy. Competitiveness provides them with a reliable competitive positions today and in the future. The high competitiveness of the region testifies to the effective organization and optimization of economic processes. EU regional policy takes into account that the competitiveness of the region is formed in the conditions of competitive relations at the national and international levels. The EU regional policy experience can be implemented in the Ukrainian regional policy. The competitiveness of the region allows to respond in time to market changes. EU regional policy takes this into account, so the category of regional competitiveness is paid much attention on as confirmed by the RCI calculation. The possibilities of increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of regions through the development of smart specialization and implementation of smart projects are outlined. The advantages of implementing European experience in the development of competitiveness of regions on the basis of smart specialization in Ukraine are proved.

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