MEASURING THE REGIONAL AND LOCAL COMPETITIVENESS. CASE STUDY: SOUTH-EAST REGION AND BRAILA COUNTY

The level at which competitiveness is generated and supported requires an approach at micro and macro economic level. At microeconomic level, competitiveness represents the productivity and efficiency by which inputs are transformed into goods and services; at microeconomic level, competitiveness means the obtained results, materialized into labour employment and income levels, as well as the factors that determine them. Thus one can speak about local, regional and national competitiveness. The study aimed to substantiate a methodology for assessing competitiveness at regional and local level, selecting the South-East Region and Braila County for the case study. This evaluation was made by using a competitiveness index adapted to the local particularities, which included a number of indicators available in the data sources and considered as representative for measuring competitiveness.