KONKURENTNOST REGIONA U KONTEKSTU UČLANjENjA U EVROPSKU UNIJU

Bjelić Predrag (Ванредни професор на Економском факултету у Београду), bjelic@ekof.bg.ac.rs
Ivanić Valentina (Директор Центра за стратешка економска истраживања „Војводина ЦЕСС”, Нови Сад), v.ivanic@vojvodina-cess.org

National economies compete for scarce resources and wealthy customers on vast global market. In this game the most able – competitive – can survive. Concept of competitiveness of national economies is still controversial in economic theory but operational for years. Nowadays in focus is competitiveness of smaller parts of national economies – regions since many economies became decentralised. Many of the regions have their own competences so it can determine some tax incentives, attract investment and make influence on business climate on their territory.

Keywords: Competition, region competitiveness, accession to European Union, regional development