A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSING AND PROMOTING COMPETITIVENESS IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY IN LESS-FAVOURED REGIONS
Keywords:
Less-favoured regions, maritime industry, CRA framework, innovation, industrial competitivenessAbstract
Like other economic activities, maritime businesses are unevenly distributed across the globe and tend to concentrate in large metropolitan agglomerations, often more associated with innovation. As a result, conceptual approaches for promoting competitiveness through innovation are mostly tailored to their characteristics. The predominant approach has been the concept of clusters, a prominent concept in maritime research. The limitations of the application of the clusters approach for less-favoured (non-metropolitan) regions have been pointed out and have prompted calls for alternative approaches better suited for these types of regions, where innovation is even more crucial. Drawing inspiration from available economic geography literature, this paper proposes the concept of constructing regional advantage (CRA) as an approach for promoting competitiveness through continuous innovation in the maritime context in less-favoured regions.
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