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.




Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2018 Preparing for the Future of Work


Book Description

This third edition of Job Creation and Local Economic Development examines the impact of technological progress on regional and local labour markets. It sheds light on widening regional gaps on job creation, workers education and skills, as well as inclusion in local economies.




Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2020 Rebuilding Better


Book Description

The impact of COVID-19 on local jobs and workers dwarfs those of the 2008 global financial crisis. The 2020 edition of Job Creation and Local Economic Development considers the short-term impacts on local labour markets as well as the longer-term implications for local development.







Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Organising Local Economic Development The Role of Development Agencies and Companies


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This book identifies how development agencies and companies work, what they do and how they can collaborate and what constitutes success and value added in their efforts to achieve local economic development.







Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Putting the Young in Business Policy Challenges for Youth Entrepreneurship


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This book sets out a potential response to two major challenges facing OECD countries: the "youth problem", or the need to ensure that young people can play a full role in society, and the need to foster entrepreneurship for job creation.