A geographical analysis of the location choices of companies in the Naples area

Journal title TERRITORIO
Author/s Stefano De Falco
Publishing Year 2021 Issue 2020/95
Language Italian Pages 11 P. 147-157 File size 995 KB
DOI 10.3280/TR2020-095016
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The contribute contains a summary of a three-year research activity carried out as part of a project financed by the Ministry of Economic Development. The objective of the work is to verify the influence of topological configurations of companies, in a clustered or independent form, and typological in terms of different industrial sectors of their research, on the determinants of localization choice in urban areas. The empirical analysis concerned the urban area of Naples and the sample of companies analyzed was selected from the perspective of the regional business development strategy RIS3 (Research Innovation Smart Specialization Strategy) of the Campania Region for the full compliance between intervention lines of the mise call and regional ones.

Keywords: Location choice; clusters; Naples

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Stefano De Falco, Un’analisi geografica dei determinanti insediativi delle imprese a Napoli in "TERRITORIO" 95/2020, pp 147-157, DOI: 10.3280/TR2020-095016