Measuring urban competitiveness: ranking European large urban zones

Lucía Sáez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Financial Economics II at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao (Spain) where she studied Business Economics and a Master Program. She has published several articles in both national and international journals (i.e. Cities, Journal of Place Management and Development, Global Journal of Business Research and Revista de Dirección y Administración de Empresas), and her work has been presented at various national and international conferences. She has been part of different research projects financed by The Basque Country University and the Basque Administration.

Iñaki Periáñez holds a Doctorate and he is a Full Professor of Marketing in the Department of Financial Economics II at the Public University of the Basque Country in Bilbao (Spain). His main lines of research are place marketing, political marketing and quality in higher education. His work has been presented at various national and international conferences, book chapters (Springer, Elgar) and journals (Journal of Business Review, Cities, Journal of Place Management and Development). He is a Reviewer of different journals, and he has been part of different research projects.

Iñaki Heras-Saizarbitoria is a Professor in the Department of Business Management at the University of the Basque Country in San Sebastian (Spain). He studied Business Economics at the University of Basque Country. Likewise, he studied at the ESST (European Inter-University Association on Society, Science and Technology) Master Program at the Roskilde University (Denmark) and at the University of the Basque Country. He has published several articles in both national and international academic journals (i.e. Organization, International Journal of Management Reviews, Journal of Business Ethics). He has published more than ten specialized books and reports on management and public administration policies. He has participated as a main researcher in several projects financed by The Basque Country University, the Basque Administration, the Spanish Administration and the European Union.