Doing Business in Italy 2013 measures business regulations and their enforcement in 13 Italian cities –Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Campobasso, Catanzaro, L’Aquila, Milan, Naples, Padua, Palermo, Potenza, Rome and Turin– and 7 ports –Cagliari, Catania, Genoa, Gioia Tauro, Naples, Taranto and Trieste. The report measures regulations affecting 5 stages of the life of a small or medium-size business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property, enforcing contracts and trading across borders.