Abstract
In the modern market environment issues relating to the competitiveness of economic entities and competitiveness of the regions become more important. In the article the analysis of the available scientific literature the concept of the term competitiveness and given the most attractive from the point of view of the present definition of the science category, based on regional specialization.
Keywords
Competitiveness, innovation, regional specialization.
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