Regional competitiveness in Poland: Creating an index

Abstract

The present paper looks at the competitiveness from a regional perspective and examines the basic factor which have influence on this phenomenon. This article aims at evaluating Poland's regional competitive performance by constructing an overall index, which is composed in accordance with the Huggin's Institute approach. The purpose of the paper is both rank the 16 Polish regions (voivodships) according to their competitive position and see whether Huggin's approach was appropriate for measuring Polish competitiveness. This article also aims to make a contribution to the debate surrounding the state of Polish regions competitiveness. © 2008 The Author(s).