Approaches to Economic Development
Readings From Economic Development Quarterly
Edited by:
- John P. Blair - Wright State University, USA
- Laura A. Reese - Michigan State University, USA
Other Titles in:
Planning (General)
Planning (General)
December 1998 | 344 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This Reader presents a selection of articles from Economic Development Quarterly, the premier journal for practitioners and academics of local economic development. The pieces chosen cover both the breadth and the cutting edge of real world economic development practices.
Introduction
PART ONE: STRATEGIC PARADIGMS
W R Thompson
Policy-Based Analysis for Local Economic Development
T Bartik
The Market Failure Approach to Regional Economic Development Policy
J Kasarda
City Jobs and Residents on a Collision Course
M Porter
New Strategies for Inner-City Economic Development
PART TWO: POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
L Ledebur and D Woodward
Adding a Stick to the Carrot
K Ihlanfeldt
Ten Principles for State Tax Incentives
D Ranney and J Betancur
Labor-Force-Based Development
P Doeringer and D Terkla
Business Strategy and Cross-Industry Clusters
PART THREE: NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOCIAL EQUITY
W Wiewel, B Brown and M Morris
The Linkage between Regional and Neighborhood Development
E Hill and T Bier
Economic Restructuring
J Nowak
Neighborhood Initiative and the Regional Economy
J Blair and C Endres
Hidden Economic Development Assets
PART FOUR: STATE AND REGIONAL ISSUES
S Clarke and G Gaile
The Next Wave
P Eisinger
State Economic Development in the 1990s
E Goetz and T Kayser
Competition and Cooperation in Economic Development
A Nelson with W Drummond and D Sawicki
Exurban Industrialization
PART FIVE: POLITICS, PLANNING AND EVALUATION
H Wolman with D Spitzley
The Politics of Local Economic Development
H Rubin
Shoot Anything That Flies, Claim Anything That Falls
L Reese and D Fasenfest
What Works Best? Values and the Evaluation of Local Economic Development Policy
M Marvel and W Shkurti
The Economic Impact of Development
J Blair and L Reese
Customization and Economic Efficiency