Integrated assessment competitive advantages of the Ukraine and Poland industrial sector in transborder economy of Lviv region and podkarpackie voivodship

Abstract

The introduction of a free trade area between Ukraine and the European Union member states of the will update the implementation of cross-border comparative statistical assessments in order to identify the level of competitiveness of the industrial sector of the Ukrainian economy in the foreign market. Such an assessment is correct for Ukraine and the Republic of Poland, as neighboring countries, whose industry is similar in many structural and quantitative parameters, as well as the potential for development. The purpose of the article is to carry out a comparative integral assessment of the competitive advantages of the industry of Ukraine and Poland at the national and regional levels. By integrating the set of primary indicators reflecting the activity (production, export, investment, capital, innovation) and the efficiency (economic and resource) of the subjects of industrial activity, the corresponding indices are calculated, which together determine the level of competitiveness of the industrial sector of the economy of Ukraine and Poland and their border regions (Lvov region and Podkarpackie Voivodship) during 2011–2016. Based on the analysis of general and partial (on separate segments of industrial and economic activity of industry) integrated indices of competitive advantages of the industrial sectors of the economy of Ukraine and Poland, the strengths and weaknesses of the Ukrainian industry were identified, the causes of the latter were indicated, and the ways of their elimination were suggested, in particular, in order to increase the efficiency of investments and the level of implementation of innovations in production.