| Abstract [eng] |
For today‘s economy, the new evaluation criteria of the regional economic development performance become important in the context of the European Union integration. Regions should attempt to be efficient throughout the EU area, to achieve a sustainable development and a higher social well-being. Although the Central and Eastern regions of the EU have a higher economic growth, however due to the relatively low households‘ disposable income, even greater manifestations of unsustainable economic development are seen. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the current trends, important for the regional economic development, and to develop and implement a theoretical concept for increasing the efficiency of regional economic development and to improve an assessment of the economic efficiency, taking into account sustainable development challenges in the context of the globalization and the EU integration. In the dissertation, the regional economic development factors are systematized to the overall regional economic development model according to their interaction. The model investigates quantitative and qualitative factors, back-links and integrates the concept of technical efficiency, which was not previously included in similar models. The developed model allows to explore and assess the regional economic development trends in a broader perspective, to identify regional deficiencies, and to pay attention to the qualitative factors in the regional economy. Work empirical results support the idea that the development of resources does not necessarily create greater economic results and this leads to inefficiencies in some territories. |
