METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPALS OF REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS MEASUREMENT WITHIN COUNTRY BY COMPOSITE INDEX

In this article the concept of regional competitiveness in the context of regional competitiveness measurement is presented, the possible methods of measurement of competitiveness are shortly reviewed, the necessity of the complex measurement of regional competitiveness is proved. The best-known methodologies of competitiveness indices are analysed, the principal scheme of the measurement the regional competitiveness is formed. On the background of the research done, the methodological principals of regional competitiveness measurement are identified, which can be practically applied for the measurement of competitiveness of Lithuanian counties or regions of other countries.