Localization is one of the main critical factors that influence the value creation process and performance of a business.

Choosing a location to start a business often influences the consequent access to a series of resources and services essential to its development, becoming a key element for its survival. This is even more evident in mountain areas, which are conditioned by key factors such as low population density, the large extension of the territories, the constraints of the infrastructure and transport systems, the presence of protected areas, as well as the attractiveness exercised by larger neighboring centers.

This research aims to demonstrate how geographic context and altitude influence the distribution of businesses, revealing entrepreneurial clusters that have the characteristics of mountainousness.

Following the Kernel density method for geolocation, the study proposes an original geospatial analysis to characterize the distribution of the enterprises and context of the central Apennines, considering the relationship between the altimetric location and the macro classification by product category, expressed by Nace Section.

The study shows articulated areas of concentration and aggregation of mountain enterprises, five primary clusters and six secondary clusters. The former are characterized by a greater density of aggregation influenced by morphological characteristics of the area; the latter better explain the entrepreneurial dynamics and the distribution of the enterprises within the Nace sections, linked to the concept of altitude.

本地化是影响企业价值创造过程和绩效的主要关键因素之一。

选择创业地点往往会影响其获得一系列对其发展至关重要的资源和服务，成为其生存的关键因素。这在山区更为明显，山区受人口密度低、领土范围大、基础设施和交通系统限制、保护区的存在以及较大的邻近中心。

本研究旨在展示地理环境和海拔如何影响企业分布，揭示具有山区特征的创业集群。

遵循地理定位的核密度方法，该研究提出了一种原始的地理空间分析来表征亚平宁山脉中部的企业分布和环境，同时考虑了高度位置与按产品类别划分的宏观分类之间的关系，由 Nace Section 表示。

研究表明，山区企业集中和聚集的区域有五个主要集群和六个次要集群。前者的特点是受该地区形态特征影响的聚集密度较大；后者更好地解释了与高度概念相关的创业动态和企业在 Nace 区域内的分布。