The present study aims to highlight the main models for evaluating territorial competitiveness used at international and European level starting from the following premise: despite the difficulties encountered in the process of defining and understanding the competitiveness term and of numerous...

In this paper, we develop a specific method to approach the competitive capabilities of regions for which there are not commercial and specialization indicators available. This method bases on the construction of composite indicators, using multivariate statistical methods, and was applied to...

What is regional competitiveness? -- The political economy of regional competitiveness -- Competitiveness and the 'one-size-fits-all' regional policy consensus -- Performance indicators and rankings : deconstructing competitiveness league tables -- Resisting or re-stating competitiveness?...