Complementarity of regional resources: concept, types, classification
https://doi.org/10.34020/2073-6495-2025-2-118-131
Abstract
The article is devoted to a new territorially oriented direction of regional studies (place-based approach), focusing on a comparative analysis of the complementary interaction of territorial resources as a necessary condition for sustainable and competitive development of a region. The article reveals the conceptual characteristics of the resource complementarity of a region, its main types (organizational, institutional, technological, spatial, temporal, factorial, informational, process, functional, structural), and proposes a classification of the resource complementarity of the territory: external and internal, negative and positive, as well as complementarity by various types of resource connections and other features. Based on the analysis of the essential, specific and classification parameters of the resource complementarity of a region, the article substantiates the conclusion that the principle of complementarity of regional resources is not only a basic methodological postulate of sustainable regional dynamics, but also serves as the most important practical direction for ensuring the complementarity of regional resources in order to strengthen the sustainable competitiveness of the territory.
About the Authors
S. S. GalazovaRussian Federation
Galazova Svetlana S. – Doctor of Economics, Professor, Professor of the Department of Economics
Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia – Alania
T. M. Karaev
Russian Federation
Karaev Timur M. – Applicant, Department of Economics
Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia – Alania
D. A. Tagaev
Russian Federation
Tagaev David A. – Postgraduate Student, Department of Economics
Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia – Alania
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Galazova S.S., Karaev T.M., Tagaev D.A. Complementarity of regional resources: concept, types, classification. Vestnik NSUEM. 2025;(2):118–131. https://doi.org/10.34020/2073-6495-2025-2-118-131
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