BUSINESS SERVICE LOCATION STRATEGIES IN THE BARCELONA METROPOLITAN REGION

On the basis of two studies recently carried out on the supply and dem and for business services, the fundamental aim of this article is to a nalyse business service location strategies in the Barcelona Metropoli tan Region (BMR) and to demonstrate the existence of tendencies simila r to those in other developed urban areas. Three conclusions clearly e merge: a growing and progressive externalisation of business services; the tendency towards the urban concentration of these services, espec ially the most innovative and strategic ones; and the need for a high degree of co-operation between business service customers and supplier s.