Figure of merit for places in digital nomadism age.

The aim of this work is to find analogism between the “figure of merit” of electronic devices and a place formulas that could be useful to explain in synthesis what could be the characteristics of a place to be considered from digital nomads to live a work experience. Digital nomads are people with particular life style: they use to live in a sustainable, cooperative and social network oriented life; for limited period and time, they choose places in line with their particular work needs and with their life style. Digital nomads could be particular target for places because represent a form of knowledge and culture openness and could became a relevant driver for the place evolution. In technology the “figure of merit” (Makimoto, 2003) is a used formula to explain the relevant features of a technological device or a “nomadic tool” that is based on the efficient mix among intelligence, costs, size and power of technologies and tools. Each digital nomad choose his device using this approach and that could be the key to provide the place value to them. This lifestyle will bring the nomad to think at the same in the place choice. Places have to organize themselves to attract this segment organizing the efforts on specific interpretation matrix that could start from the “figure of merit” concept. This work provide a “figure of merit” formula for places toward the segment of digital nomads, emphasizing the needed policy to attract the specific segment of digital nomads.