KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVE BUSINESS SERVICES KIBS AS AN INDICATOR OF ECONOMIC LEVEL: THE POSITION OF VISEGRAD REGIONS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVE BUSINESS SERVICES KIBS AS AN INDICATOR OF ECONOMIC LEVEL: THE POSITION OF VISEGRAD REGIONS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Petr Hlaváček, Małgorzata Markowska, Elżbieta Sobczak
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Regional Geography, Economic development, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: knowledge Intensive Business Services; Visegrad; region;
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the results of the analysis of NUTS 2 regions with a focus on the regions of Visegrad countries. The aim is to assess the level of development of the regions in the area of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in relation to their economic level and position within the regions of the EU. The division of regions into groups was based on the clustering method, including Ward's method for determining the number of groups. Furthermore, the correlation between employment shares in KIBS and the level of economic development of the regions was examined. The resulting data confirms a statistically significant dependence between GDP per capita and the aggregate indicator of employment share in KIBS, especially in the sub-areas of knowledge market services and high-technology services.

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