{"id":614,"date":"2026-10-09T06:19:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T06:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journals.utgjiu.ro\/JES\/?post_type=articol&p=614"},"modified":"2026-10-09T06:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T06:19:35","slug":"regional-disparities-in-romanias-research-and-innovation-capacity-a-mazziotta-pareto-index-approach","status":"publish","type":"articol","link":"https:\/\/www.journals.utgjiu.ro\/JES\/articol\/regional-disparities-in-romanias-research-and-innovation-capacity-a-mazziotta-pareto-index-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Disparities in Romania\u2019s Research and Innovation Capacity: A Mazziotta – Pareto Index Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"

This study examines regional disparities in Romania\u2019s research and innovation capacity by assessing three complementary dimensions: research and development resources, higher-education-related human capital, and research, development and innovation infrastructure. Composite indices were constructed for Romania\u2019s eight NUTS 2 development regions using the non-compensatory Mazziotta \u2013 Pareto method and official secondary data provided by the Romanian National Institute of Statistics and the Ministry of Education and Research.
\nThe results reveal a pronounced concentration of RDI-related resources, human capital and institutional infrastructure in Bucharest-Ilfov, which ranks first across all three dimensions. The West Region also records above-average scores, while the South-East, South-Muntenia and South-West Oltenia regions consistently occupy the lower positions. Their low scores across all three indices indicate cumulative and mutually reinforcing weaknesses in R&D resources, human capital and research infrastructure, rather than isolated deficits in a single dimension. The North-West Region displays a notable mismatch between its comparatively strong human capital base and its weaker R&D resource position.
\nThe findings highlight the persistence of substantial territorial disparities in Romania\u2019s RDI capacity, which generally correlate with regional economic inequalities, and support the need for differentiated regional policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"class_list":["post-614","articol","type-articol","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journals.utgjiu.ro\/JES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articol\/614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journals.utgjiu.ro\/JES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articol"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journals.utgjiu.ro\/JES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articol"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journals.utgjiu.ro\/JES\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}