Economic Development Commentary
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Page : 364 pages
File Size : 15,9 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Cities and towns
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 15,9 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Cities and towns
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Author : Emil Malizia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 39,66 MB
Release : 2020-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 1000193993
This book offers insights into the process and the practice of local economic development. Bridging the gap between theory and practice it demonstrates the relevance of theory to inform local strategic planning in the context of widespread disparities in regional economic performance. The book summarizes the core theories of economic development, applies each of these to professional practice, and provides detailed commentary on them. This updated second edition includes more recent contributions - regional innovation, agglomeration and dynamic theories – and presents the major ideas that inform economic development strategic planning, particularly in the United States and Canada. The text offers theoretical insights that help explain why some regions thrive while others languish and why metropolitan economies often rise and fall over time. Without theory, economic developers can only do what is politically feasible. This text, however, provides them with a logical tool for thinking about development and establishing an independent basis from which to build the local consensus needed for evidence-based action undertaken in the public interest. Offering valuable perspectives on both the process and the practice of local and regional economic development, this book will be useful for both current and future economic developers to think more profoundly and confidently about their local economy.
Author : Ajit Singh
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,4 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Competition
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Author : Gerald M. Meier
Publisher :
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 21,39 MB
Release : 1970
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Author : Chong-Yah Lim
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,87 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Economic development
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Author : Steven G. Koven
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 23,76 MB
Release : 2021-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1793649855
The U.S. is home to some of the largest corporations on the planet. American entrepreneurs spawned massive companies such as Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon, and Oracle. Founders of these companies became very wealthy. Government entities and consumers benefited from the unmarketable products entrepreneurial visionaries developed. Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: The People and their Environment provides in-depth case studies of contemporary entrepreneurs that are building the future. The author argues that the famous billionaire entrepreneurs of today such as Gates, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Bloomberg, Page, Brin, Ellison and others possessed individual drive and talent. However, it is also argued that talent may not be enough. Talent withers or thrives in its social, cultural, political and legal environment. The environment of the U.S. and its entrepreneurial "ecosystem" has been conducive to innovators and entrepreneurs of the past such as Benjamin Franklin, Levi Strauss, Henry Ford, and Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Edison. This book explores how both talent and context influence entrepreneurial development.
Author : Ronald I. McKinnon
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 22,97 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780815718499
This books presents a theory of economic development very different from the "stages of growth" hypothesis or strategies emphasizing foreign aid, trade, or regional association. Leaving these aside, the author breaks new ground by focusing on the use of domestic capital markets to stimulate economic performance. He suggests a "bootstrap" approach in which successful development would depend largely on policy choices made by national authorities in the developing countries themselves. Central to his theory is the freeing of domestic financial markets to allow interest rates to reflect the true scarcity of capital in a developing economy. His analysis leads to a critique of prevailing monetary theory and to a new view of the relation between money and physical capital—a view with policy implications for governments striving to overcome the vicious circle of inflation and stagnation. Examining the performance of South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, and other countries, the author suggests that their success or failure has depended primarily on steps taken in the monetary sector. He concludes that monetary reform should take precedence over other development measures, such as tariff and tax reform or the encouragement of foreign capital investment. In addition to challenging much of the conventional wisdom of development, the author's revision of accepted monetary theory may be relevant for mature economies that face monetary problems.
Author : Gerald M. Meier
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 39,17 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Economic development
ISBN :
Textbook on the dynamics of economic development, with particular reference to developing countries - comprises a compilation of theoretical, applied and policy material concerning economic planning, economic policy and relevant economic theory, and covers economic growth, problems of investment, effects of inflation on development, industrialization, agriculture, the influence of international trade on development, etc. Bibliographys and references.
Author : William Schweke
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 46,52 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : Murat A. Yülek
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 15,61 MB
Release : 2018-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9811305684
This book assesses developmental experience in different countries as well as British expansion following the industrial revolution from a developmental perspective. It explains why some nations are rich and others are poor, and discusses how manufacturing made economies flourish and spur economic development. It explains how today’s governments can design and implement industrial policy, and how they can determine economically strategic sectors to break out of Low and Middle Income Traps. Closely linked to global trade and (im)balances, industrialization was never an accident. Industrialization explains how some countries experience export-led growth and others import-led slowdowns. Many confuse industrialization with the construction of factory buildings rather than a capacity and skill building process through certain stages. Industrial policy helps countries advance through those stages. Explaining technical concepts in understandable terms, the book discusses the capacity and limits of the developmental state in industrialization and in general in economic development, demonstrating how picking-the-winner type focused industrial policy has worked in different countries. It also discusses how industrial policy and science, technology and innovation policies should be sequenced for best results.