The general conditions of production as factor in locational investment attraction for medium-sized cities of Presidente Prudente and São José do Rio Preto

• Grant number: 16/01928-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2016
• End date: December 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Principal Investigator: Maria Terezinha Serafim Gomes
• Grantee: Felipe Augusto Leite Vaz de Lima
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The process of economic and industrial desconcentration of the metropolitan region of São Paulo towards the interior of the state and other parts of the country is due to the general conditions of production in those locations. In this context, the medium-sized cities have become attractive to new business investments linked to the sectors of industry, trade and services, contributing to new economic dynamics outside the metropolitan space. The industries in the west region of São Paulo State has its origin mainly in the local capital, but from the 1980s and especially the 1990s, with the restructuring process driven by economic liberalization, with acquisitions of companies and technological modernization installation occurred of foreign capital companies to the region and a reorganization of the productive structure of the region. This research project aims to understand the general conditions of production present in medium-sized cities of Presidente Prudente and São José do Rio Preto, in the in the west region of São Paulo State, considering the location factors. As empirical reference, the study will seek to identify the general conditions of production present in each city analyzed and the main targeted business investment for them.