"The aim of this book is to consider theoretically the notion of the global competitiveness of regions, as well as giving attention as to how such competitiveness may be empirically measured. With this in mind, the book has three specific objectives: first, to place the concept of regional...

1. Introduction -- 2. Regional competitiveness -- 3. World Competitiveness Index of Regions -- 4. Regional competitiveness and economic development -- 5. Regional competitiveness and stages of development -- 6. Regional evolution and waves of growth -- 7. The competitiveness of European regions...

This paper positions the concept of regional competitiveness within theories concerning regional economic growth and stages of economic development. It examines the sources of regional competitiveness encompassing an analysis based on the particular stage of economic development that the nations...