Author(s): Zuzana Bajusová, Ľubomír Gurčík, Peter Bajus, Mária Gulová
Title: Business Entities in the Rural Areas as the Actors of Competitiveness and Sustainable Development of Regions
Source: International Scientific Days 2018 :: Towards Productive, Sustainable and Resilient Global Agriculture and Food Systems :: Proceedings
ISBN: 978-80-7598-180-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15414/isd2018.aeu.01
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer ČR, Prague
PY, pages: 2018, 2520-2536
Published on-line: 2018-11-09
Language: eng
Abstract: Nowadays, there is a growing interest in regional competitiveness, but it should be
noted that such competitiveness is a very broad concept and involves many sectional
areas and the factors that affect it. Agriculture is one of the oldest industries and can
be considered as an important part of the national economy of the state. A suitable
business environment is one of the target instruments to ensure the competitiveness
of the regions, which increases the awareness of the region itself. The priority of
farms is to create the right conditions for the sustainability and competitiveness of
the regions, to protect the environment in the most efficient way and to constantly
apply new knowledge from science, research and development, thereby increasing
the potential for new business creation in the agro-sector.
The aim of the paper is to evaluate the influence of businesses in the agricultural
sector that significantly influence the development and competitiveness of regions.
An important aspect in terms of competitiveness of the region is to provide citizens
with a higher standard of living. However Slovakia is characterized by significant regional
disparities, to which belong disparities in regional competitiveness. The paper
is focused on assessment of business structure within the agricultural sector operating
in Slovakia and the assessment of the representation of agriculture at regional
level calculated on the basis of the location index. Within the Slovak regions at levels
NUTS I Slovak Republic and NUTS III Košice region are evaluated socio-economic
indicators such as development of the employment in agriculture, the share of gross domestic product, gross value added, and these can be described as indicators
to assess the overall competitiveness of the region. The research is focused on the
comparison of the development of comparative indicators of economic level of the
agricultural sector in the Kosice region to developments in whole Slovakia.
According to the results of the research it is necessary to point out the fact that
Slovak agriculture is currently in a complicated economic situation, caused by the
economic crisis and the failing market due to a large number of externalities. The
highest representation in the agricultural sector is in the western Slovakia, and moving
towards eastern Slovakia, results are reduced to the level of sub-representative
representation. For the development of the Košice region, it would be appropriate to
attract both domestic and foreign investors and try to keep as many qualified and
educated people as possible, as well as having a sufficient interest in increasing competitiveness
in this region. The results of the paper show that agriculture in the Košice
region is developing in a negative direction.
Keywords: region, competitiveness, entrepreneurial subject, agriculture, socio-economic
indicators
JEL Classification: R11, J1, J43
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