Search Results - subject:"Local Economic Development"

Redressing gender inequality in employment: the national and sub-regional policy 'fit';

Barnes, Sally-Anne; Green, Anne; Orton, Michael; … - In: Local Economy 20 (2005) 2, pp. 154-167

employment and the relative lack of a gender dimension in local economic development. …

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Redressing Gender Inequality in Employment: the National and Sub-regional Policy â€˜Fitâ€™

Barnes, Sally-Anne; Green, Anne; Orton, Michael; … - In: Local Economy 20 (2005) 2, pp. 154-167

employment and the relative lack of a gender dimension in local economic development. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011139418

The Performance of Business Incubators and their Potential Development in the North East Region of England

Wynarczyk, Pooran; Raine, Arnold - In: Local Economy 20 (2005) 2, pp. 205-220

The creation of incubators is viewed by many local and regional strategic bodies in the UK and abroad as an effective way of nurturing and facilitating the success of new technology-based companies. Drawing on a survey of 17 incubators operating in the North East of England, based on original...

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Collective Learning and Relational Capital in Local Innovation Processes

Capello, Roberta; Faggian, Alessandra - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 1, pp. 75-87

Capello R. and Faggian A. (2005) Collective learning and relational capital in local innovation processes, Regional Studies39, 75-87. Innovative capacity of firms has traditionally been explained through intra-firm characteristics. In the more recent literature, much emphasis has been put on...

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QUARTERLY ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS REPORT- PIETERMARITZBURG and UMGUNGUNDLOVU DISTRICT

Coetzee, Clive - EconWPA - 2005

There was (and still is) a lot of speculation about the current performance and structure of the Pietermaritzburg and uMgungundlovu District economy and business environment. The debate is mainly driven by haphazard observations and subjective feelings, thus hampering effective and efficient...

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REGIONAL PUSH: TOWARDS A GEOGRAPHY OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES

Scott, Allen J. - EconWPA - 2005

Regional push derives from the geographic agglomeration of economic activities, and is expressed in increments to national productivity. Various pieces of statistical evidence in favor of the existence of regional push effects in low- and middle-income economies are marshalled. The origins of...

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Empresarialidad e instituciones: dos nuevas perspectivas del analisis regional contemporáneo

Valentina, Viego - EconWPA - 2005

This paper offers a review of the main progress made in entrepreneurship analysis and institutional economics, discussing its possible integration to general theory of economic development, considering the increasing importance that these topics have gained in contemporary approaches of...

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Knowledge Organizations and Local Economic Development: The Cases of Oxford and Grenoble

Smith, Helen Lawton - In: Regional Studies 37 (2003) 9, pp. 899-909

LAWTON SMITH H. (2003) Knowledge organizations and local economic development: the cases of Oxford and Grenoble, Reg … regional or local economic development. This paper explores the increasingly important role of universities and national …

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Initiating 'Developmental Local Government' in South Africa: Evolving Local Economic Development Policy

Nel, Etienne; Binns, Tony - In: Regional Studies 35 (2001) 4, pp. 355-362

Local economic development policy and practice has evolved significantly in the post-apartheid era in South Africa …. This article reviews recent local economic development policy and legal developments, particularly with respect to the …

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Determining Factors for Local Economic Development: The Perception of Practitioners in the North West and Eastern Regions of the UK

Wong, Cecilia - In: Regional Studies 32 (1998) 8, pp. 707-720

WONG C. (1998) Determining factors for local economic development: the perception of practitioners in the North West … importance of different factors in the process of local economic development (LED) in two UK regions with very contrasting … verschiedener Faktoren im Vorgang ortlicher Wirtschaftsentwicklung (Local Economic Development= LED) auffassen. Der Aufsatz beginnt …

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