出版社：Urad za Makroekonomske Analize in Razvoj (UMAR) / Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (IMAD)
摘要：Analyses in the global scientifi c literature broadly address regional innovative systems and their contribution to economic
growth. Modern theories and empirical research indicate a strong correlation between technical progress, creative human
resources, toleration, and capital investment. New investments are a fundamental but not suffi cient condition for balancing
developmental stimulation. Capital, linked with investment activities, natural (material) resources, and human resources
(work, knowledge, information) are the main driving forces of economic progress. New forms of investment today are strongly
connected with the population’s educational structure and knowledge, therefore investment does not occur everywhere,
simultaneously, and equally. Some forms of investments, especially the most extensive ones, originate from already established
innovative centres, consequently the less developed areas (which cover the greater part of the territory) continually suff er
from a disadvantaged starting-point. New investments usually coincide with new knowledge in the form of new products,
innovations, and new technological and organizing solutions. Capital therefore becomes strongly intertwined with creative
social groups, which undoubtedly has an impact on regional development. The accumulation or lack of investment in a certain
area is often the result of numerous factors: socio-economic diff erentiation, changes in local factors, regional disparities, etc.
A geographical analysis of both investment and creativity in Slovenia indicated an almost identical distribution: a strong
concentration in the Osrednjeslovenska development region, with the two-fi fths of all Slovenian investments and more than half of all employment in creative professions, but only a quarter of the Slovenian population and 32% of all employment. This
imbalance has resulted in a below-average level of investment activities and “creative” employment in the rest of Slovenia.
In the Podravje development region the level is three times lower (13%), followed by the Savinjska, Dolenjska, and Gorenjska
development regions. The Dolenjska development region in particular evidences a distinctive defi cit in the number of creative
jobs. Approximately 5% of investment and creative employment can be found in the Obalno-kraška and Goriška development
regions while, in the remaining development regions the share is between 1% and 3%.
关键词：Slovenia, geography of creativity, investment, regional development, creative environment, competitiveness
