Ako zvyšovať konkurencieschopnosť územia? Prípadová štúdia obce Spišský Hrhov

How To Build Territorial Competitiveness? A Case Study of Spišský Hrhov Municipality

Mária Fáziková, Katarína Melichová

In: Geografické informácie (Geographical Information), Ročník (Volume) 20, Číslo (Issue) 2, 2016, p. 388-405, ISSN 1337-9453

DOI: 10.17846/GI.2016.20.2.388-405

Abstract

The paper examins how various factors of local economic development, with specific focus on social capital are translated into territorial competitiveness based on the example of the Spišský Hrhov municipality. The focus is aimed at identification of the key actors in the development process of the municipality and their relationships, linkages between different groups of actors and their impact on the utilization of the development potential of the area, as well as identification of the processes of local potential utilization for the development of the municipality. Results presented in the paper were obtained via semi structured interviews with local stakeholders and analysed using methods of network analysis.

Keywords: local economic development, territorial competitiveness, social capital, network analysis, local stakeholders

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