Work

In the series of scientific papers “The increase of competitiveness of Ukrainian maritime regions on the basis of a cluster model and institutional leverages of stimulation of foreign economic activity” the transformation of the national regions’ role in terms of globalization processes towards their participation in a competition, the cluster mechanisms and institutional leverages of competitiveness increase of the Ukrainian regions are investigated. Theoretical, methodical and applied aspects of competitiveness increase of the Ukrainian maritime regions by the implementation of the regional model of integration into the world economy through a “cluster lens”, which concentrates competitive advantages of a region and competitive advantages of a cluster and becomes a powerful instrument of the increase of a region’s economic impact on the world market are worked out. The research proposes an effective mechanism of the formation of clusters as catalysts for competitiveness increase of the Ukrainian regions. The systematic study of the institutional environment of the region’s foreign economic activity is provided, the system of organizational and economic mechanisms of improving of this activity and conceptual basis of social capital development in the region are proposed.