Regional economies in Central and Eastern Europe under the conditions of EU enlargement: transformations, specialization, innovations and idea of hyper-clusters

Abstract

There are many possibilities to implement new the non–traditional ideas of intensive economic development, which could be very successful in Central and Eastern Europe in the future. The following ideas are emphasized: (1) the idea of rational specialization of every national or regional economic system (the structure and priorities of every national or regional economic system must be oriented towards the most dynamic increase of added value created by the national or regional economy); (2) the idea of “oases” (the essence of this idea is as follows: after certain priorities are set on a national, sectoral or regional scale, particularly favourable conditions for social and economic development, innovation activities and technological progress are created); (3) the idea of complex clusterization (the regional, interre-gional and international networks of sectoral and multisectoral clusters, including systems of science and technology parks, innovation centers, business incubators and regional industrial hubs are created and developed). The implementation of the above–listed ideas could be emphasized as very important in influencing positive transitions in Central and Eastern Europe in the future.