The authors of this paper hypothesize that one of the most significant features of regional competitiveness in the global economy is innovation development and that through innovation application, underdeveloped regions can reduce the gap between them and leading regions and can in turn surpass leading regions. The purpose of the article is to verify this hypothesis, to determine the role and significance of innovation development in the provision of regional competitiveness and to identify ways to increase the competitiveness of underdeveloped regions through innovation application. The methodological basis of the research is comprised of a specially developed proprietary methodology for the evaluation of regional competitiveness and a modified factor analysis methodology for the determination of factors of regional economic growth using the “economic miracle�? case for various regions. Through this study, the authors validate the proposed hypothesis and conclude that innovation development critically shapes regional competitiveness by determining the quality of economic growth. The proposed model for increasing regional competitiveness on the basis of innovation development presents new opportunities to increase the competitiveness of underdeveloped regions through innovation application.

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作为 21 世纪竞争力特征的区域创新发展

本文作者假设全球经济中区域竞争力最显着的特征之一是创新发展，欠发达地区通过创新应用可以缩小与领先地区的差距，进而超越领先地区。本文旨在验证这一假设，确定创新发展在提供区域竞争力方面的作用和意义，并找出通过创新应用提高欠发达地区竞争力的途径。该研究的方法论基础包括专门开发的用于评估区域竞争力的专有方法和使用“经济奇迹”确定区域经济增长因素的修正因子分析方法。不同地区的情况。通过这项研究，作者验证了提出的假设，并得出结论，创新发展通过决定经济增长的质量来严重塑造区域竞争力。提出的以创新发展为基础提高区域竞争力的模式为通过创新应用提高欠发达地区的竞争力提供了新的机遇。作者验证了提议的假设，并得出结论，创新发展通过决定经济增长的质量来严重塑造区域竞争力。提出的以创新发展为基础提高区域竞争力的模式为通过创新应用提高欠发达地区的竞争力提供了新的机遇。作者验证了提议的假设，并得出结论，创新发展通过决定经济增长的质量来严重塑造区域竞争力。提出的以创新发展为基础提高区域竞争力的模式为通过创新应用提高欠发达地区的竞争力提供了新的机遇。