THE LEVEL OF COMPETITIVENESS OF EASTERN REGIONS OF POLAND ON BACKGROUND OF THE DIFFERENTIATIONS BETWEEN REGIONS

Abstract

In the paper there was presented competitive position of eastern regions of Poland on background of regional pattern of Poland. The Hellwig’s method of development model was used to estimate regions competitiveness’ level. The research proved that Polish regions had very high scale of competitiveness levels’ variety. The lowest competitive positions in the regional pattern of the country were occupied by voivodships in eastern (lubelskie and podlaskie) as well as in southern-east part of the country (świętokrzyskie and podkarpackie). Comparable analysis and evaluation of aspects of competitiveness of eastern regions proved, that main areas of their competitiveness distances (apart from mazowieckie voivodship) were determined by: modern economic structure, labour sources competitiveness and level of technical infrastructure and communication accessibility levels. Moreover, sources of visible competitiveness advantages of the regions were prominent resources and natural landscapes as well as good state of natural environment.