Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 17th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview I. Working Group on Local Government Author(s) Jolita Sinkiene Kaunas University of Technology Kaunas Lithuania Title Urban competitiveness: Concept, factors, model File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Abstract Understanding the importance and specifics of functioning of state government units of sub-regional level, different competitiveness studies have been carried out in recent years. It is important to note, that methodologies, models and approaches of these studies differ significantly. Various public and independent research institutes as well as researchers have created and use different methodologies and tools to study local competitiveness issues. It is important to notice that most of these studies focus on economic factors of place competitiveness; other areas such as social, historical, cultural, legal, political, environmental etc. aspects receive no or minor attention. The key problem addressed by this paper is that contemporary scientific discussions do not provide a clear definition of the concept “city competitiveness”, the most important factors influencing city competitiveness are not defined and the system to operationalize comparable and acceptable urban competitiveness factors does not exist. The paper is based on a research, which aimed to prepare a city competitiveness model indicating the process of formation of city activity’s competitiveness and suggesting the key factors and elements of micro and macro environment that determine competitiveness of a contemporary city.
