Integrative model for evaluation of development potentials of regions and its application on an example of the Czech Republic

The aim of this paper is to introduce a new model for the evaluation of development potentials of , including methodology, application and conceptualization of the obtained information. The components of this model are the business environment quality, innovation potential of and use of human resources, interpreted using relevant factors or indicators. The has been applied to the evaluation of Czech regions – 205 administrative districts (microregional level) and 14 NUTS 3 regions (mesoregional level). Information capacity of the has been proved by the confirmation of the hypotheses assuming strong relationships business environment quality and regional GDP and population size of regions. A synthesis us to define the main regularities, evaluate the competitive positions of regions and create spatial model of the economic development of the Czech Republic. Special attention has been to the unique method for the identification of territorial systems of poles and axes of and further to the hierarchy of integration processes (using the profile interaction ). Subsequently, we conceptualized the results from the perspective of regional policy using the method of development scenarios. This allows for a flexible optimization of the priorities and tools of a regional policy (regions are defined and territorially specified by of flexible sets of relevant measures). From a theoretical perspective, we extend the about the processes of polarization and integration as key manifestations of the of developmental and hierarchical differentiation of society in the conditions of increasing .