Scholars from the USA, Western Europe, Russia and other countries (H.W. Richardson, Y. Butenko, Ph. Kotler, K. Asplund, I. Rain, I. Haider and others) have worked out theories of regional development that serve as grounds for planning, researching and forecasting changes in the country region. Theories of regional development reflect methods of spatial economics. „Space as limited resource” should be planned since necessary for people space utilization in the particular way precludes another, alternative mode of space usage. The economical aspect of space utilization – development of the spatial segments, their interrelation and their impact on the development of the common space, for instance, the influence of Latvian county economics on the whole region or country. While choosing the location enterprises have to take into account the optimal structure of space for all economic activities. Where is the best location for the stable development of enterprise? Where are the best conditions for the enterprise existence? The sequence of spatial location can begin from the particular region, from the specific place in this region. The result of the search for the spatial location is the result of the more or less successful decision of the single entrepreneur. Purpose of the present research was to study the impact of regional development on the development of enterprise environment. In order to implement the aim the authors had to investigate theories of regional development and study the indicators of environment development in two cities of national level in Latvia – Valmiera and Jekabpils. The research was implemented with the following methods: analysis of theoretical literature, statistical data analysis, document analysis. The primary conclusions were as following: When researching territory, economical aspects of the space utilization shall be taken into consideration; National orientation criteria should be considered when choosing the enterprise location. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eis.0.10.14614

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区域发展对企业环境的影响

来自美国，西欧，俄罗斯和其他国家（HW Richardson，Y.Butenko，Ph.Kotler，K.Asplund，I.Rain，I.Haider等）的学者提出了区域发展理论，这些理论为规划，研究和预测该国家地区的变化。区域发展理论反映了空间经济学的方法。应该计划“将空间作为有限的资源”，因为以特殊的方式利用人的空间是必要的，因此排除了另一种替代的空间使用模式。空间利用的经济方面–空间部分的发展，它们之间的相互关系及其对共同空间发展的影响，例如，拉脱维亚县域经济对整个地区或整个国家的影响。在选择位置时，企业必须考虑所有经济活动的最佳空间结构。企业稳定发展的最佳位置在哪里？企业生存的最佳条件在哪里？空间位置的顺序可以从特定区域开始，从该区域中的特定位置开始。搜索空间位置的结果是单个企业家或多或少成功决策的结果。本研究的目的是研究区域发展对企业环境发展的影响。为了实现这一目标，作者不得不研究区域发展的理论并研究拉脱维亚的两个国家级城市-瓦尔米耶拉和耶卡比尔斯的环境发展指标。本研究通过以下方法进行：理论文献分析，统计数据分析，文献分析。主要结论如下：在研究领土时，应考虑空间利用的经济方面。选择企业所在地时，应考虑国家定位标准。DOI：http：//dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eis.0.10.14614