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The Business Excellence Attraction Composite Index (BEACI). Design and application to the  Municipalities of the Barcelona Province

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The location of economic activity, in general, and of that of activities of business excellence (high-tech or knowledge-intensive businesses that have a low environmental impact), in particular, is not dependent on one single factor, but rather on a series of economic, geographical, social and political variables. Against this background, the aim of this paper is to design a composite index for assessing the capacity to attract this kind of economic activity. As a case study, we have calculated this index for 26 of the main municipalities in the province of Barcelona, Spain.

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Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública

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Documents de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA))

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Barcelona (Catalunya : Àrea metropolitana)

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Barcelona (Catalonia : Metropolitan area)

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The Business Excellence Attraction Composite Index (BEACI). Design and application to the  Municipalities of the Barcelona Province