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Determinants of SME location in a suburban area: Evidence from the Gdańsk–Gdynia–Sopot metropolitan area.
Abstract
Given the importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the European economy, it is essential to have adequate information about the various factors that determine their choice of location. However, the size of a company is often an aspect not covered in theoretical studies and empirical research on industrial locations and urban planning. This article examines the place of residence as a stimulator of SME development in suburbs. Multidisciplinary research carried out in the Gdańsk–Gdynia–Sopot Metropolitan Area, known as the Tricity, confirms this trend. The location determinants of SMEs in suburban areas were identified using a questionnaire. The survey was conducted in 251 enterprises located in seven municipalities with the highest suburbanisation rates within the Tricity. The study confirms that the municipalities characterised by the highest intensity of suburbanisation processes have higher business activity than other municipalities. Location decisions were largely made by business owners in line with behavioural theory. This means that SME owners more often consider personal factors than cost or demand factors. From the perspective of an entrepreneur, living conditions, the quality of public space, education and healthcare are significant.
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Olga Martyniuk dr
- Uniwersytet Gdański / Wydział Zarządzania Katedra Finansów Przedsiębiorstw
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Grzegorz Pęczek dr inż. arch.
- Sopocka Szkoła Wyższa / Wydział Architektury
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- Category:
- Articles
- Type:
- artykuły w czasopismach recenzowanych i innych wydawnictwach ciągłych
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Urbani izziv
no. 28,
pages 122 - 134,
ISSN: 0353-6483 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Bibliographic description:
- Martyniuk-Pęczek J., Martyniuk O., Gierusz A., Pęczek G.: Determinants of SME location in a suburban area: Evidence from the Gdańsk–Gdynia–Sopot metropolitan area.// Urbani izziv. -Vol. 28., nr. 1 (2017), s.122-134
- DOI:
- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2017-28-01-004
- Sources of funding:
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- Narodowe Centru Nauki, umowa UMO-2013/09/B/HS4/0117
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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