Koncepcje i badania odporności gospodarczej regionów
Concepts and research of economic resilience of regions

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to review the concept and research of economic resilience. There are three basic interpretations determining the scope of analysis: engineering, ecological and adaptive resilience. This concept explores whether the regions tend to equilibrium state, how they function as complex adaptive systems and how implemented strategies build their resilience to external disturbunces. Research in this area focuses on the analysis of the impact of the recession on the functioning of the regions, determining the characteristics of changes in gross domestic product, employment, investments and others as well as strategic activities and tools used by decision-makers of the public, economic and social institutions. The most commonly used instruments are investment incentives and labor market measures.

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