New Directions in Regional Economic Development
New Directions in Regional Economic Development

Author: Sameeksha Desai

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0857933515

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The introduction of endogenous growth theory has led to new interest in the role of the entrepreneur as an agent driving technical change at the local regional level. This book examines theoretical and methodological issues surrounding the interface of the entrepreneur in regional growth dynamics on the one hand and on the other presents illuminating case studies. In total the book's contributions amplify understanding of such critical issues as the relationship between innovation and entrepreneurship, the entrepreneur's role in transforming knowledge into something economically useful, and knowledge commercialization with both conceptual and empirical contributions. The emergence of endogenous growth theory has unleashed a flurry of new hypotheses and related inquiries that have in turn created an exciting dynamic in the conceptual, theoretical and empirical foundations of the field. A central feature has been the recognition that local initiatives matter in how regions grow and adjust to changes and shocks. Moreover, it is the role of technical change, driven by entrepreneurs, that motivates these initiatives. This volume begins by outlining and explaining the theory and method behind entrepreneurship and development. This is followed by specific case studies of practice and policy. These cases are region specific, offering the reader concrete, empirically based research results. Scholars and students in economics, entrepreneurship and public policy will find this volume a valuable tool in understanding the latest research in regional economic development.

New Directions in Regional Economic Development
New Directions in Regional Economic Development

Author: Charlie Karlsson

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-07-28

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 3642010172

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This book examines emerging hypotheses, new methods and theoretic developments in regional economic development. It offers a diverse set of case studies, ranging from a focus on Europe, Central and East Asia and North America.

Targeting Regional Economic Development
Targeting Regional Economic Development

Author: Stephan J. Goetz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-03-25

Total Pages: 663

ISBN-13: 1135972109

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Targeting regional economic development (TRED) has a long and rich tradition among academic economists and in the world of economic development practitioners. This book builds on a series of workshops and papers organized by The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD) at the Pennsylvania State University and the Rural Policy Research Centre (RUPRI) at the University of Missouri. Through the coordinated efforts of NERCRD and RUPRI, a network of university based researchers and Extension education specialists was developed and provides the foundation of this new edited volume. For the first time in a single book, Goetz, Deller and Harris present an innovative approach through a collection of chapters discussing industry targeting and the relevance of TRED as an important analytical tool for practical targeting purposes. The papers present issues surrounding community economic development, clusters in industry and rural communities and the role of agglomeration economies. The book provides the reader with insights into not only the theoretical foundations of targeting as well as empirical methods, but also approaches for using the community-level analysis to affect policy directions.

New Directions in the Sociology of Global Development
New Directions in the Sociology of Global Development

Author: Frederick H. Buttel

Publisher: JAI Press Incorporated

Published: 2005-11-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780762312504

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A collection of essays, this volume is subdivided into sections posing research, policy, and strategic questions regarding social change. It introduces conceptual innovations regarding the spatial boundaries of development, sovereignty and the politics of globalization, food regime analysis, recompositions of rural activity, and more.

Regional Development Strategies
Regional Development Strategies

Author: Jeremy Alden

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1136037128

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Regional development strategies have become the focus of attention in many countries in the 1990s. This textbook provides a conceptual, theoretical and empirical analysis of regional development strategies within a European context It examines the various regional development strategies which are currently being pursued within the regions of Europe - defined in its loosest term to include East and West. The book describes how many different European regions are attempting to reduce regional disparities by engaging themselves in coherent and focused regional development strategies, and there is also private sector approach to regional economic development. There are many case studies from Europe and from other parts of the world, including Japan, thereby providing lessons that different countries and regions can learn form each other.

Regional Economic Development
Regional Economic Development

Author: Robert J. Stimson

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 3662049112

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Regional economic development has attracted the interest of economists, geographers, planners and regional scientists for a long time. And, of course, it is a field that has developed a large practitioner cohort in government and business agencies from the national down to the state and local levels. In planning for cities and regions, both large and small, economic development issues now tend to be integrated into strategic planning processes. For at least the last 50 years, scholars from various disciplines have theorised about the nature of regional economic development, developing a range of models seeking to explain the process of regional economic development, and why it is that regions vary so much in their economic structure and performance and how these aspects of a region can change dramatically over time. Regional scientists in particular have developed a comprehensive tool-kit of methodologies to measure and monitor regional economic characteristics such as industry sectors, employment, income, value of production, investment, and the like, using both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis, and focusing on both static and dynamic analysis. The 'father of regional science', Walter lsard, was the first to put together a comprehensive volume on techniques of regional analysis (Isard 1960), and since then a huge literature has emerged, including the many titles in the series published by Springer in which this book is published.

New Directions in Development Economics
New Directions in Development Economics

Author: Mats Lundahl

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-08-10

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1134808828

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This volume is divided into two thematic parts: economic growth (or its absence) in developing countries; and contributions to the debate on the role of the state versus the market. It outlines possible policy prescriptions of relevance both in the North and South.

Competitive Manufacturing
Competitive Manufacturing

Author: Stuart A. Rosenfeld

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 141285055X

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"Originally published in 1992 by the Center for Urban Policy Research., New Brunswick, NJ."

Economic Geography
Economic Geography

Author: Pierre-Philippe Combes

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2008-09-28

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 0691139423

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Complements theoretical analysis with detailed discussions of the empirics of the economics of agglomeration, offering a mix of theoretical and empirical research that gives a fresh perspective on spatial disparities. This book provides an introduction to economic geography and includes history and background of the field of spatial economics.

New Directions in Agrarian Political Economy
New Directions in Agrarian Political Economy

Author: Ryan Isakson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-02

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1317424824

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How relevant are the classic theories of agrarian change in the contemporary context? This volume explores this question by focusing upon the defining features of agrarian transformation in the 21st century: the financialization of food and agriculture, the blurring of rural and urban livelihoods through migration and other economic activities, forest transition, climate change, rural indebtedness, the co-evolution of social policy and moral economies, and changing property relations. Combined, the eleven contributions to this collection provide a broad overview of agrarian studies over the past four decades and identify the contemporary frontiers of agrarian political economy. In this path-breaking collection, the authors show how new iterations of long evident processes continue to catch peasants and smallholders in the crosshairs of crises and how many manage to face these challenges, developing new sources and sites of livelihood production. This volume was published as part one of the special double issue celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Journal of Peasant Studies.