МЕТОДОЛОГИЯ ЗА РАЗРАБОТВАНЕ НА РЕГИОНАЛЕН МАРКЕТИНГОВ ПРОФИЛ НА ПЕРИФЕРНИТЕ ОБЛАСТИ В СЕВЕРОИЗТОЧЕН ПРИДУНАВСКИ РЕГИОН
METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING A REGIONAL MARKETING PROFILE OF THE PERIPHERAL DISTRICTS IN NORTH-EASTERN DANUBIAN REGION

Summary/Abstract: The study discusses marketing approach as a kind of catalyst for regional development, since it focuses on the relation between regional competitive advantages and interests, preferences and needs of the target markets for the region. The main objective of the study is to present the characteristics of the regional marketing profile of the peripheral municipalities as an innovative approach in local government through which to promote the attraction of exogenous and endogenous entrepreneurial and investment interest. The main research thesis is that the development of a regional marketing profile is an innovative practice which will support local economic development by encouraging the process of attracting foreign direct investment and increasing local entrepreneurial interest; all of these will contribute to a stronger involvement of local stakeholders towards endogenous development and will increase regional competitiveness. The results are: the study specifies the measures for the implementation of marketing approach in the practice of regional development in our country, focusing on the ‘local comparative advantages – preferences, interests and needs of the regional target markets’ relation. The development of regional marketing profile is directed to satisfying the information needs of local and foreign entrepreneurs and investors and to positioning a territorial unit in their minds as a desirable location for doing business.

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