<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper attempts to indicate changes in industry during the period of economic restructuring and European integration in Slovakia in the regional and sectoral contexts. The concepts of geographic concentration and regional specialization are used in order to achieve the envisaged aims. Based on the relationship between the change in the specialization index and the change in the number of companies in three size categories, the main aim is to show the strategies used in the transformation of the regional industrial structure. It is expected that the largest category of industrial companies, those with 250 or more employees, will be a significant factor in explaining the changes in regional specialization. The main output will be a graphic model of transformation strategies and the identification of regional industrial types.</p></abstract>

This paper attempts to indicate changes in industry during the period of economic restructuring and European integration in Slovakia in the regional and sectoral contexts. The concepts of geographic concentration and regional specialization are used in order to achieve the envisaged aims. Based on the relationship between the change in the specialization index and the change in the number of companies in three size categories, the main aim is to show the strategies used in the transformation of the regional industrial structure. It is expected that the largest category of industrial companies, those with 250 or more employees, will be a significant factor in explaining the changes in regional specialization. The main output will be a graphic model of transformation strategies and the identification of regional industrial types.

<bold>Regional specialization</bold> and geographic concentration: experiences from Slovak industry

Department of Human Geography and Demography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava,

Miscellanea Geographica

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 and geographic concentration: experiences from Slovak industry

This paper attempts to indicate changes in industry during the period of economic restructuring and European integration in Slovakia in the regional and...

Regional specialization and geographic concentration: experiences from Slovak industry

Published Online: Nov 08, 2016

Page range: 5 - 13

Received: Nov 30, 2015

Accepted: Apr 28, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0011

Keywords
Industry sector, regional specialization, geographic concentration, Herfindahl-Hirschman index, Slovak regions

© 2016 Lehocký Filip et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Regional specialization and geographic concentration: experiences from Slovak industry

Published Online: Nov 08, 2016

Page range: 5 - 13

Received: Nov 30, 2015

Accepted: Apr 28, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0011

KeywordsIndustry sector, regional specialization, geographic concentration, Herfindahl-Hirschman index, Slovak regions

© 2016 Lehocký Filip et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Industry sector, regional specialization, geographic concentration, Herfindahl-Hirschman index, Slovak regions