REGIONAL ECONOMICS AND TERRITORIAL COMPETITIVENESS
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: VINCENZO ASEROExpected Learning Outcomes
The course aims at providing theoretical and analytical tools to understand:
- the location of economic activities in the space,
- the local development approaches,
- the identification of market areas for producers,
- the strategies for the territorial competitiveness and endogenous development.
Course Structure
Lectures and seminars
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to the programme planned.
Required Prerequisites
Key concepts in economics
Attendance of Lessons
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Detailed Course Content
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Textbook Information
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Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | REGIONAL ECONOMICS AND LOCATION THEORY | Capello Roberta. Regional Economics, 2nd Edition. Routledge, 2016 |
| 2 | Le reti di imprese e i Contratti di Rete | Asero V., Skonieczny S., Formal Networks among Tourism Enterprises: Peculiarities of the Italian Solution. Eastern European Business and Economics Journal Vol.3, No. 1, (2017): 48-66 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Students are required to provide proof of their knowledge by means of a written examination on the subjects included in the course content.
Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
- Define the different conceptions of space in regional economics.
- Explain what are the forces that organize economic activities in space.
- Explain
- Define the industrial district and explain the characteristics of district economies.