REGIONAL ECONOMICS AND TERRITORIAL COMPETITIVENESS

Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: VINCENZO ASERO

Expected 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

............................................................

Detailed Course Content

.........................................................

Textbook Information

................................................

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 what is a "margin line" in the model of Hoover.
Define the industrial district and explain the characteristics of district economies.

Degree Course in

International Trade Relations