Abstract:
The article deals with searching basic factors of competitiveness of regions
whose knowledge enables to increase an efficiency of instruments of regional policy.
The finding itself and assessment of mentioned factors of competitiveness is
unsophisticated process. Thereby it is suggested a methodics in this article which uses
knowledge of factor and cluster analysis. The successful application of these methods
makes possible to create a typology of regions. Hereby we can get generalized current
status, structure and hypothetical development of a searched region.
