Slovak Creativity Index – A PCA Based Approach

Oto Hudec; Slávka Klasová

doi:10.1515/esrp-2016-0003

Authors

Oto Hudec Faculty of Economics, Department of Regional Science and Management, Technical University of Košice, Boženy Němcovej 32, 040 01, Košice
Slávka Klasová Faculty of Economics, Department of Regional Science and Management, Technical University of Košice, Boženy Němcovej 32, 040 01, Košice

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1515/esrp-2016-0003

Keywords:

Slovak creativity index, urbanisation, principal component analysis

Abstract

The article aims at transferring the European Creativity Index (ECI) assessment from the country to regional comparison basis, focusing on the case of Slovakia. The newly created Slovak Creativity Index (SCI) has the power to assess the creativity potential found in the Slovak regions. The Principal Component Analysis has been chosen as an advanced method for establishing a well-designed overall Index and six sub-indices to show differences and variability according to all dimensions of the creative potential. The research also explains several relations between creative performance of the regions by several factors such as urbanisation, cultural environment, human capital and tolerance.

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