Search Results - subject:"Local Economic Development"

Peranan Dan Pengaruh Industri Tikar Rakyat Terhadap Pengembangan Wilayah Kecamatan Pantai Cermin, Kabupaten Serdang Bedagai, Sumatera Utara

The objective of this research is to investigate worker profile of traditional industry and the influence of production factor to production. Furthermore, to know influence of industry born, level of education, and status of ownership of capital to benefit of owner and also know role and...

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The employment and fiscal effects of Michigan's MEGA tax credit program

Bartik, Timothy J.; Erickcek, George - 2010

This paper estimates that Michigan's MEGA tax credit program to attract and retain businesses has large employment and fiscal benefits. MEGA provides discretionary tax credits to businesses, with the tax credit tied to the personal income taxes paid by employees on the new or retained jobs. We...

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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - AN ALTERNATIVE FOR NEW FUNDING SOURCES OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Petru, Filip - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2010) 2, pp. 1214-1221

specific players involved in the local economic development? Also, beyond the rigours imposed by the mathematical presentation …

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Implications of urban branding to local economic development in the inner city of Johannesburg

Mlangeni, Patrick Vukile - 2009

ABSTRACTThe significance of Local economic development (LED) in South Africa has grown since the historicaldemocratic …

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Do colleges and universities increase their region's human capital?

Abel, Jaison R.; Deitz, Richard - 2009

We investigate whether the degree production and research and development (R&D) activities of colleges and universities are related to the amount and types of human capital present in the metropolitan areas where the institutions are located. We find that degree production has only a small...

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What should Michigan be doing to promote long-run economic development?

Bartik, Timothy J. - 2009

I thank Claire Black and Wei-Jang Huang for assistance in preparing this paper. I appreciate the comments of George Erickcek on a preliminary version of this paper. This paper was previously presented on November 20, 2009 at the 57th Annual Economic Outlook Conference of the Research Seminar in...

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Migrant worker remittances and their impact on local economic development

Sisenglath, Somphone - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2009

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Global reach - local relationships : corporate social responsibility, workers' rights and local development

Sims, Emily; Posthuma, Anne - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2009

Describes a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative that was implemented in collaboration between a multinational enterprise and local and national government in Brazil to minimize the negative impact upon workers, the environment and the surrounding community of a change in the...

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URBAN COMFORT IN BUCHAREST.SOCIAL-ECONOMIC PARAMETERS

Pauna, Carmen Beatrice; Chirvai, Dana Ileana G. - In: Romanian Journal of Regional Science 3 (2009) 1, pp. 92-109

The undergoing concerns for local and regional development focus also on the territorial analyses. The local socio-economic analysis is naturally followed by the strategic planning of development during which the local public authorities initiate and organize, locally, the economic development...

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Does Geographic Factors Determine Local Economic Development?

Brata, Aloysius Gunadi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of geographic characteristics on the local economic development … limited, especially in the field of local economic development of the country. Second, geographically, Indonesia is a … density as indicators of local economic development with data of the districts in the Central Java province uses regression …

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