Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Business Clusters Promoting Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe


Book Description

This book looks at the importance and potential of cluster initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe. Existing clusters are mapped, recent policy advances are described and conclusions are drawn on the potential of business clusters to foster economic growth.




Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Entrepreneurship and Higher Education


Book Description

This book examines the role that higher education institutions are currently playing through teaching entrepreneurship and transferring knowledge and innovation to enterprises and discusses how they should develop this role in the future.










Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development


Book Description

There is a widespread growth of policies to encourage the development of new enterprises and entrepreneurship, however there have been relatively few studies on the relationship between these policies and local economic development. This book fills that gap. It covers three thematic areas: strategy, finance and programmed design, makes recommendations to help the design of entrepreneurship programmes and describes the research that should be undertaken to improve the understanding of key policy issues.




Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Culture and the Creative Economy in Colombia Leveraging the Orange Economy


Book Description

In 2017, Colombia launched a novel public policy to stimulate the creative economy, building on the success of previous policy initiatives to support the cultural and creative sectors. The Orange Economy policy is unique for its transversal approach to supporting the creative economy and mainstreaming culture across diverse policy portfolios, beyond cultural policy.







Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Designing Local Skills Strategies


Book Description

Drawing from a wide array of case studies, this book analyses best-practice local strategies for increasing workforce skills. And it also takes a close look at the opportunities and challenges presented by international migration.