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Author : Ann R. Markusen
Release : 2007
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 964/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Reining in the Competition for Capital by : Ann R. Markusen
Download or read book Reining in the Competition for Capital written by Ann R. Markusen. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : K. Thomas
Release : 2010-11-24
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 394/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Investment Incentives and the Global Competition for Capital by : K. Thomas
Download or read book Investment Incentives and the Global Competition for Capital written by K. Thomas. This book was released on 2010-11-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a global study of government subsidies to attract investment. The book shows how corporations use site selection as rent extraction, with developing countries investing more than developed ones. It demonstrates that incentive use is rarely a good policy, especially for countries without adequate education and infrastructure.
Author : Nancy Pindus
Release : 2010-07-01
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 767/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Urban and Regional Policy and its Effects by : Nancy Pindus
Download or read book Urban and Regional Policy and its Effects written by Nancy Pindus. This book was released on 2010-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects, the second in a series, sets out to inform policymakers, practitioners, and scholars about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, reforms, and experiments in addressing key social and economic problems facing cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas. The chapters analyze responses to six key policy challenges that most metropolitans areas and local communities face: • Creating quality neighborhoods for families • Governing effectively • Building human capital • Growing the middle class • Growing a competitive economy through industry-based strategies • Managing the spatial pattern of metropolitan growth and development Each chapter discusses a specific policy topic under one of these challenges. The authors present the essence of what is known, as well as the likely implications, and identify the knowledge gaps that need to be filled for the successful formulation and implementation of urban and regional policy. Contributors: Karen Chapple and Rick Jacobus (University of California, Berkeley and Burlington Associates), Jeffrey R. Henig and Elisabeth Thurston Fraser (Teachers College, Columbia University), W. Norton Grubb (University of California, Berkeley), Harry J. Holzer (Georgetown University and Urban Institute), Susan Christopherson and Michael H. Belzer (Cornell University and Wayne State University), and Rolf Pendall (Cornell University)
Author : Michael Shuman
Release : 2015-06-09
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 761/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Local Economy Solution by : Michael Shuman
Download or read book The Local Economy Solution written by Michael Shuman. This book was released on 2015-06-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinventing economic development as if small business mattered In cities and towns across the nation, economic development is at a crossroads. A growing body of evidence has proven that its current cornerstone—incentives to attract and retain large, globally mobile businesses—is a dead end. Even those programs that focus on local business, through buy-local initiatives, for example, depend on ongoing support from government or philanthropy. The entire practice of economic development has become ineffective and unaffordable and is in need of a makeover. The Local Economy Solution suggests an alternative approach in which states and cities nurture a new generation of special kinds of businesses that help local businesses grow. These cutting-edge companies, which Shuman calls “pollinator businesses,” are creating jobs and the conditions for future economic growth, and doing so in self-financing ways. Pollinator businesses are especially important to communities that are struggling to lift themselves up in a period of economic austerity, when municipal budgets are being slashed. They also promote locally owned businesses that increase local self-reliance and evince high labor and environmental standards. The book includes nearly two dozen case studies of successful pollinator businesses that are creatively facilitating business and neighborhood improvements, entrepreneurship, local purchasing, local investing, and profitable business partnerships. Examples include Main Street Genome (which provides invaluable data to improve local business performance), Supportland (which is developing a powerful loyalty card for local businesses), and Fledge (a business accelerator that finances itself through royalty payments). It also shows how the right kinds of public policy can encourage the spread of pollinator businesses at virtually no cost.
Author : Stephan J. Goetz
Release : 2009-03-25
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 117/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Targeting Regional Economic Development by : Stephan J. Goetz
Download or read book Targeting Regional Economic Development written by Stephan J. Goetz. This book was released on 2009-03-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the growing interest in cluster and targeted economic developments, reviewing the socioeconomic theoretical foundations of industry targeting and suggesting alternative methods of identifying industries for targeting.
