Murillo Viu, JoaquínRomaní Fernández, Javier, 1969-Suriñach Caralt, Jordi2014-10-092014-10-0920122014-1254https://hdl.handle.net/2445/58407The 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.41 p.application/pdfengcc-by-nc-nd, (c) Murillo et al., 2012http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Planificació empresarialGestió de projectesLocalització industrialBarcelona (Catalunya : Àrea metropolitana)Business planningProject managementIndustrial locationBarcelona (Catalonia : Metropolitan area)info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper2014-10-09info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess