Influences on Urban Competitiveness Development from the Perspectives of Business and Local Authorities

Abstract

This paper aimed at identifying factors that could support increasing urban competitiveness or on the contrary, which may have negative effects on the level of urban competitiveness. The work highlighted a series of viable actions through which Bucharest could maintain a satisfactory level of urban competitiveness. This was accomplished through an empirical research on the urban competitiveness of Bucharest, which included the analysis of the questionnaire results applied on three large employers in Romania in order to test the hypotheses and to capture the factors that could increase the urban competitiveness of Bucharest. Also, the paper revealed the role of local actors regarding the factors that influence competitiveness and what caused Bucharest's decline in terms of urban competitiveness in 2018 compared to 2017.

Sustainable Rural Development through Local Cultural Heritage Capitalization—Analyzing the Cultural Tourism Potential in Rural Romanian Areas: A Case Study of Hărman Commune of Brașov Region in Romania

“…It is an important territorial system which must be approached in its entirety in the context of contemporary sustainable economic development [74]. The city of Bras , ov, as one of the most important Romanian touristic cities [74,[100][101][102][103][104], represents a significant attraction for various tourists from Romania and abroad and, beyond its touristic potential, provides multiple opportunities for various visitors to its neighborhoods. They are rural habitats and certain places of attraction for the tourists consuming the local cultural heritage.…”

Smart Energy for a Smart City: A Review of Polish Urban Development Plans

“…Last, but not least shortfall is in the prevalence of studies based on single cities (or just a few cities) as the object of the research, (e.g., [16][17][18][19][20][21]), which was the natural starting point at the initial phase of the development in this research field. However, the progressive development and pressing need for improvements in this area are giving rise to a trend of using multi-city samples as the objects of the research, (e.g., [22]), to which this review contributes.…”