THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
The paper states that now solution of many social and economic issues increasingly depends on regional resources so it is becoming increasingly important for the regions of the Russian Federation to look for additional sources of finance. Additional funds are the result of improving efficiency and growing competitiveness of the regions themselves. The paper aims to discuss the meaning of the regional competitiveness and show way to improve regional competitiveness. The author identifies and presents an original interpretation of such categories as: competition, actor, object and subject of competitive relations, competitiveness of enterprises, and competitiveness of regions.