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t is much different to IT&C in comparison to other sectors of 2016 conference of igu commission 29
the economy is the extremely short lifetime of a product, which re-
quires strong dynamics of the geography of spatial structures. As a
result, there are multiple spatial moves due to the transfer of tech-
nology and relocation of the services in a rapid manner: from devel-
oped countries to emerging ones, from large cities level to the sec-
ondary and then tertiary level of urban system, from BPO or SSC,
to superior outsourcing services, all these creating ephemeral ge-
ographies of increasingly globalized territorial structures.
If we were to identify a spatial model of the locality of IT&C com-
panies, this could be worded as follows: the clustering of higher ac-
tivities and spatial diffusion of other types of activities (Groza, Tur-
canasu & Rusu, 2005). This is a spatial distribution pattern common
to many economic activities. However, what is interesting in this
very dynamic sector is the diachronism of spatial structures. Being
an opportunistic industry, the speculation of favourability generates
an extremely fluid hierarchy of secondary and tertiary centres for
short periods of time.
In the case of Europe in this period, Central and Eastern Europe-
an marginal areas seem to capitalize their competitive and com-
parative advantages. In recent years, the countries from this area
(Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgar-
ia) have become extremely active in the outsourcing sector. Nowak
Marcin (2016) estimated that there were over 355,000 employed
persons in these six countries in 2015. The expansion of the IT&O
sector taking place rapidly between 2013 and 2015 recorded growth
of 36%, twice that of in India in recent years (Nowak Marcin, 2016).
The proposed approach uses exploratory coordinates, seeking to
highlight in a trans-scalar manner the spatial behaviour and evolu-
tionary stage of a sector, which is difficult to detect in its accelerat-
ed dynamics. Our main hypothesis states that distance, mass, and
spatial/territorial discontinuities represent conventional territorial
parameters, able to advance the understanding of how the devic-
es and the spatial structures of the IT&C in the territorial architec-
ture of Central-Eastern Europe and then of Romania and the devel-
opment regions are organized. The analysis will use many statistical
and cartographic constructions of which the potential of spatial in-
teraction, weighted barycentre, spatial, territorial and hierarchical
the economy is the extremely short lifetime of a product, which re-
quires strong dynamics of the geography of spatial structures. As a
result, there are multiple spatial moves due to the transfer of tech-
nology and relocation of the services in a rapid manner: from devel-
oped countries to emerging ones, from large cities level to the sec-
ondary and then tertiary level of urban system, from BPO or SSC,
to superior outsourcing services, all these creating ephemeral ge-
ographies of increasingly globalized territorial structures.
If we were to identify a spatial model of the locality of IT&C com-
panies, this could be worded as follows: the clustering of higher ac-
tivities and spatial diffusion of other types of activities (Groza, Tur-
canasu & Rusu, 2005). This is a spatial distribution pattern common
to many economic activities. However, what is interesting in this
very dynamic sector is the diachronism of spatial structures. Being
an opportunistic industry, the speculation of favourability generates
an extremely fluid hierarchy of secondary and tertiary centres for
short periods of time.
In the case of Europe in this period, Central and Eastern Europe-
an marginal areas seem to capitalize their competitive and com-
parative advantages. In recent years, the countries from this area
(Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgar-
ia) have become extremely active in the outsourcing sector. Nowak
Marcin (2016) estimated that there were over 355,000 employed
persons in these six countries in 2015. The expansion of the IT&O
sector taking place rapidly between 2013 and 2015 recorded growth
of 36%, twice that of in India in recent years (Nowak Marcin, 2016).
The proposed approach uses exploratory coordinates, seeking to
highlight in a trans-scalar manner the spatial behaviour and evolu-
tionary stage of a sector, which is difficult to detect in its accelerat-
ed dynamics. Our main hypothesis states that distance, mass, and
spatial/territorial discontinuities represent conventional territorial
parameters, able to advance the understanding of how the devic-
es and the spatial structures of the IT&C in the territorial architec-
ture of Central-Eastern Europe and then of Romania and the devel-
opment regions are organized. The analysis will use many statistical
and cartographic constructions of which the potential of spatial in-
teraction, weighted barycentre, spatial, territorial and hierarchical
