The objective of this work was to identify the main presumptions of regional competitiveness and their application to partitular NUTS 3 regions of the Czech Republic with the main focus on the South-Bohemian region. In the first part of the thesis following crucial factors that influence regional competitveness were defined: economic and inovative efficiency, research and development, foreign investments, economic structure and human resources qualities. According to these factors the NUTS 3 regions were compared and their competitiveness were analysed in the second part. Disparities between NUTS 3 regions were found and regions were dividend into few groups in respect for their cometitiveness level. It was revealed that the competitiveness of South-Bohemian region is above the average of the Czech Republic in the most of aspects perused.

Regional competitiveness is a complex concept that includes not only economic, but also social, demographic and political aspects. Different indicators that characterize even one aspect of competitiveness can give polar estimates of its level. Taking into account this differentiation is certainly important. The purpose of the final qualification work is to develop methodological foundations for analyzing the competitiveness of the region. The paper studies theoretical and methodological issues of regional competitiveness research, conducts a critical analysis of widely used methods, and offers the author's methodological approach to assessing the level of regional competitiveness. The empirical base of the study was educational and research literature, statistical data of the Federal state statistics service and its territorial divisions, data from the Unified interdepartmental information and statistical system, analytical reports of the Federal state statistics service and its territorial divisions, and data from an expert survey. In the final qualification work, a methodological approach to assessing the level of competitiveness of the region was developed. / Конкурентоспособность региона - комплексное понятие, которое включает в себя не только экономические, но и социальные, демографические и политические аспекты. Различные показатели, характеризующие даже один аспект конкурентоспособности, могут давать полярные оценки ее уровня. Учет такой дифференцированности, безусловно, важен. Целью выпускной квалификационной работы является развитие методических основ анализа конкурентоспособности региона. В работе изучены теоретико-методические вопросы исследования конкурентоспособности региона, проведен критический анализ широко применяемых методик и предложен авторский методический подход оценки уровня конкурентоспособности региона. Эмпирической базой исследования выступили учебно-методическая и научно-исследовательская литература, статистические данные Федеральной службы государственной статистики и ее территориальных подразделений, данные Единой межведомственной информационно-статистической системы, аналитические отчеты Федеральной службы государственной статистики и ее территориальных подразделений, данные экспертного опроса. В выпускной квалификационной работе разработан методический подход к оценке уровня конкурентоспособности региона.

In our increasingly globalised world, supranational regions, nation states and individual country regions are progressively more in competition with one another. How the nation state and region can become more competitive and how this competitiveness can be measured is open to debate. This thesis presents work based upon two aspects that have been proffered as to how competitiveness at the country and region level can be explained, that is through investment (via Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)) inflows and through the development of enterprise and in particular the enhancement of the small firm in international markets. The theme that runs through the thesis is one of competitiveness and competence. The competence of the region to attract FDI and the competence of the entrepreneur and the SME to undertake internationalisation. The thesis begins by examining the concepts of national and regional competitiveness. Two of the determinants of national and regional competitiveness are then considered - FDI and the level of small firm activity/entrepreneurship. The paper analyses the empirical and theoretical work on FDI and considers how regional competencies/factors can be used to attract FDI. SME internationalisation and its impact on regional competitiveness are then examined, focussing on the resources and competences, at the level of the entrepreneur and the firm, which influence SME internationalisation. The thesis contributes to the richness of understanding of the complex relationship between the range of explanatory factors at a regional, national and supra-national level that influence inbound FDI. In particular providing a much better understanding of UK regional FDI inflows. The section on internationalisation of SMEs contributes to the understanding of entrepreneurial and firm competences through the study of small firms at the county level of Northamptonshire. This county is a relatively under-researched area in the study of SMEs and in the study of the county's SME activity in international markets it has been even more sparsely investigated.

This diploma thesis deals with complex evaluation of tourism competitiveness of five Moravian regions. First chapter explains basic definitions related to the tourism and regional competitiveness. Second chapter analyzes in detail natural conditions, economics, transport, people and tourism of the regions. In the third chapter, the competitiveness of Moravian regions in three areas (economics, people and tourism) and as a whole is examined through the method of the economic n-angle.

The diploma thesis is focused on evaluating the impact of programs supporting small and medium enterprises on the competitiveness of czech regions. The first part defines small and medium enterprises and their importance. The second section focuses on describing the various forms of supports for small and medium enterprises. The third part is divided into the three chapters. The first part deals with the specificities of the czech regions. The second chapter analyzes the effectiveness and real impact of the two major programs for supporting entrepreneurship. There are used three different analyzes: analysis of the efficiency of allocation, convergence analysis and correlation analysis of transferred resources and competitiveness factors. The conclusion of this section is accompanied by recommendations for regional policy.

The subject of the thesis named "The selected factors of competitiveness of tourist destinations", is defining issues of the regions, regional competitiveness and ways to measure it. This work is divided into two parts. In theoretical part I describe the characteristics of tourism, the competitiveness of tourism and ways of its measuring. In the practical part I concentrate on the Shumava-west microregion, analysis of selected factors of destination competitiveness and comparison of selected factors of competitiveness of two microregions. The conclusion consists of summary rating and improving proposals for the status of the Shumava-west microregion on the tourism market.

The automotive industry is one of the most important industries in the Czech Republic. This diploma thesis identifies its main characteristics and assesses its impact on regional competitiveness. The hypothesis tested in the practical section of this thesis is that suppliers producing high value-added products contribute to regional competitiveness more than suppliers of simple products. A review of relevant theories provides a sound reasoning to support this hypothesis. An analysis of available data from the Czech Republic, however, leads to a rejection of this hypothesis as the results from the practical part signalise that in the Czech Republic the impact of suppliers of simple products is higher than the impact of high value-added suppliers.

Esta tese discute a presença de dois fatores determinantes de mudança na região do Oeste Baiano, polarizada pelo centro urbano de Barreiras, sejam: a competitividade regional e a participação local de agentes e instituições no planejamento do desenvolvimento territorial. A discussão se dá em torno dos efeitos gerados pelo processo de inserção competitiva da região de Barreiras, fronteira agrícola no Brasil, que teve na soja o seu vetor de formação sócio-espacial. Avaliam-se algumas questões relativas ao processo de especialização produtiva na cadeia de grãos, com um ciclo de crescimento orientado para o sistema agroindustrial; às mudanças na ocupação espacial, com uma re-configuração do perfil produtivo regional; e, também, aos impactos sócio-econômicos sofridos face à recente dinâmica econômica. A chamada \"inserção competitiva na globalização\" pode ser uma condição necessária para o crescimento econômico, porém não se mostra suficiente para transformar o crescimento em desenvolvimento. Os fatores promotores desta mudança emergem das teorias de desenvolvimento endógeno e territorial, que têm por base o planejamento participativo. Objetiva-se reconhecer a presença ou a ausência, na região de Barreiras, dos fatores determinantes do processo de desenvolvimento, segundo as teorias descritas por Boisier e Vázquez Barquero, através da análise da organização social local, suas lideranças e principais atributos encontrados. As análises teóricas e empíricas realizadas induziram a elaboração de um Plano de Ação para o Oeste Baiano, intitulado \"Prefeitura Inteligente\", que tem uma prática piloto de atuação iniciada na região de Barreiras. Uma avaliação dos resultados preliminares desta atuação piloto foi realizada, permitindo concluir que Barreiras ainda não se mostrou capaz de criar respostas estratégicas ao processo de globalização; mas, por outro lado, apresenta indicativos da possibilidade de mudanças. Há vazios políticos importantes a ocupar; através de novos arranjos institucionais em ações de parceria entre agentes públicos, setor produtivo e sociedade, e, assim, reconhecer, mobilizar e promover o potencial endógeno deste território. Ao mesmo tempo, há manifestações de inconformismo, com o surgimento de lideranças locais com vontade de realizar e que reconhecem no fazer científico um potencial aprendizado. A ação técnica do planejamento aliada à ação política poderão servir aos agentes locais como instrumento de influência e controle para a promoção do desenvolvimento, visando uma globalização mais humana. / This thesis discusses the existence of the two changing determinant factors in west Bahia region, pulled by Barreiras urban area, focused on regional competitiveness and the partaking of local actors and institutions in territorial development planning decision-making. The discussion is about the effects caused by the involvement of Barreiras and the surrounding region, as an agricultural frontier, in the competitive economic process, which has had in large scale soy plantation its socio-spatial arrangement. It also analyses some of the issues related to grain chain specialized production process, with its development cycle based on agro-industrial system; the spatial occupation changes, with the re-shaping of regional productive profile; the socio-economic impacts due to that new economic dynamics. The conception of \"competitive partaking in global economy\" may be a necessary condition for economic growth, but it has not been enough to shape up growth into development. The shifting promoting factors emerge from endogenous, sustainable territorial development theories, whose basis are partaking planning, which can serve local actors as an influence and control tool to shape development promotion actions, in regard to a more humane worldwide economies. The theoretical and empirical analysis have led to the elaboration of a Plan of Action for the west Bahia, named \"Prefeitura Inteligente\" (intelligent Public Management) that had a pilot practice in the region of Barreiras. A preliminary evaluation of the results was then carried out, which allowed inferring that Barreiras has not proved capable yet to create strategic answers to global economic process; but, on the other hand, it shows indications of possible changes. There are important political gaps to bridge, be it through new institutional arrangements, building partnerships among public agents, productive sector and society, in order to acknowledge, mobilize and promote endogenous potential in that territory. On the same time, there has been seen a nonconformity movement, the emerging local leaderships willing to accomplish the goals, who perceive scientific deeds as learning potential. The planning technical framing allied to political actions can serve local agents as instrument of influence and control to promote development, with a view to a more human globalization process.

Esta tese discute a presença de dois fatores determinantes de mudança na região do Oeste Baiano, polarizada pelo centro urbano de Barreiras, sejam: a competitividade regional e a participação local de agentes e instituições no planejamento do desenvolvimento territorial. A discussão se dá em torno dos efeitos gerados pelo processo de inserção competitiva da região de Barreiras, fronteira agrícola no Brasil, que teve na soja o seu vetor de formação sócio-espacial. Avaliam-se algumas questões relativas ao processo de especialização produtiva na cadeia de grãos, com um ciclo de crescimento orientado para o sistema agroindustrial; às mudanças na ocupação espacial, com uma re-configuração do perfil produtivo regional; e, também, aos impactos sócio-econômicos sofridos face à recente dinâmica econômica. A chamada \"inserção competitiva na globalização\" pode ser uma condição necessária para o crescimento econômico, porém não se mostra suficiente para transformar o crescimento em desenvolvimento. Os fatores promotores desta mudança emergem das teorias de desenvolvimento endógeno e territorial, que têm por base o planejamento participativo. Objetiva-se reconhecer a presença ou a ausência, na região de Barreiras, dos fatores determinantes do processo de desenvolvimento, segundo as teorias descritas por Boisier e Vázquez Barquero, através da análise da organização social local, suas lideranças e principais atributos encontrados. As análises teóricas e empíricas realizadas induziram a elaboração de um Plano de Ação para o Oeste Baiano, intitulado \"Prefeitura Inteligente\", que tem uma prática piloto de atuação iniciada na região de Barreiras. Uma avaliação dos resultados preliminares desta atuação piloto foi realizada, permitindo concluir que Barreiras ainda não se mostrou capaz de criar respostas estratégicas ao processo de globalização; mas, por outro lado, apresenta indicativos da possibilidade de mudanças. Há vazios políticos importantes a ocupar; através de novos arranjos institucionais em ações de parceria entre agentes públicos, setor produtivo e sociedade, e, assim, reconhecer, mobilizar e promover o potencial endógeno deste território. Ao mesmo tempo, há manifestações de inconformismo, com o surgimento de lideranças locais com vontade de realizar e que reconhecem no fazer científico um potencial aprendizado. A ação técnica do planejamento aliada à ação política poderão servir aos agentes locais como instrumento de influência e controle para a promoção do desenvolvimento, visando uma globalização mais humana. / This thesis discusses the existence of the two changing determinant factors in west Bahia region, pulled by Barreiras urban area, focused on regional competitiveness and the partaking of local actors and institutions in territorial development planning decision-making. The discussion is about the effects caused by the involvement of Barreiras and the surrounding region, as an agricultural frontier, in the competitive economic process, which has had in large scale soy plantation its socio-spatial arrangement. It also analyses some of the issues related to grain chain specialized production process, with its development cycle based on agro-industrial system; the spatial occupation changes, with the re-shaping of regional productive profile; the socio-economic impacts due to that new economic dynamics. The conception of \"competitive partaking in global economy\" may be a necessary condition for economic growth, but it has not been enough to shape up growth into development. The shifting promoting factors emerge from endogenous, sustainable territorial development theories, whose basis are partaking planning, which can serve local actors as an influence and control tool to shape development promotion actions, in regard to a more humane worldwide economies. The theoretical and empirical analysis have led to the elaboration of a Plan of Action for the west Bahia, named \"Prefeitura Inteligente\" (intelligent Public Management) that had a pilot practice in the region of Barreiras. A preliminary evaluation of the results was then carried out, which allowed inferring that Barreiras has not proved capable yet to create strategic answers to global economic process; but, on the other hand, it shows indications of possible changes. There are important political gaps to bridge, be it through new institutional arrangements, building partnerships among public agents, productive sector and society, in order to acknowledge, mobilize and promote endogenous potential in that territory. On the same time, there has been seen a nonconformity movement, the emerging local leaderships willing to accomplish the goals, who perceive scientific deeds as learning potential. The planning technical framing allied to political actions can serve local agents as instrument of influence and control to promote development, with a view to a more human globalization process.

在有限的資源之下，各區域地方政府相當渴望跳脫僵化與官僚的決策模式，尋求創新有效率的治理機制，另一方面開放政府資料已為國際化的趨勢，台灣於開放資料領域耕耘成果亦相當豐碩。本研究希望建置商業智慧平台，將開放資料轉換為無形的「智慧資本」，持續驅動創新有效率的「治理機制」，進而改善在地人民的生活品質。 本論文研究實作一網頁為基礎的商業智慧分析平台，工具包括資料包絡分析法、競爭者分析，透過探索式資料分析，使用者彈性操作指標與決策參數，反覆進行資料探索分析，進而了解（一）地方之競爭縣市與區域特色（二）各縣市相對治理績效（三）單一縣市之優勢產業。並藉由宜蘭縣的文創、觀光、環境此三個產業面向的資料為例說明。 本論文聚焦於使用前端框架技術—AngularJS之系統實作，藉由資料視覺化設計、提升使用者經驗，建置高擴充性的資料探勘分析的平台，更可滿足使用者一次購足的統計資料查詢環境。 / Facing the challenges of limited resources and budget constraints, regional governments have been actively pursuing strategies to transform conventional bureaucratic decision-making model into innovative and efficient governance mechanism. At the same time, “open government data” is becoming a political commitment for many countries and Taiwanese government has made significant advances in this respect recently. To leverage the trend for open public data, this thesis aims to develop a web-based business intelligence system to support efficient governance through in-depth analysis of intellectual capital. The tools provided in this system include data envelopment analysis (DEA), competitor identification, and exploratory data analysis. The system is designed to allow average users to experiment with different parameter settings and view the results interactively. Insights on competing counties and regional characteristics, relative governance efficiency and leading industry can be gained with ease. We illustrate the functionalities of the system using data from Yi-Lan County and investigate its competitiveness in three areas, namely, culture and creative industry, tourism, and environmental industry. AngularJS, a front-end framework, is utilized to implement the proposed business intelligence system. The objective is to provide a one stop shopping service for interactive data analysis and visualization with user friendly design and good extensibility.