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Creating new industries and service clusters on Tyneside
Benneworth, Paul - In: Local Economy 17 (2002) 4, pp. 313-327
Cluster policies have become an increasingly important component of the European Structural Funds, and are likely to become more so as cost pressures on these policies increase with European enlargement. However, the policy appeal of clusters is based on a range of factors, not merely their low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005438109
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Devolution, Sustainability and Local Economic Development: Impacts on Local Autonomy, Policy-making and Economic Development Outcomes
Benneworth, Paul; Roberts, Peter - In: Local Economy 17 (2002) 3, pp. 239-252
In this paper, we examine how devolution has affected local sustainable development. We focus on attempting to gauge how devolution will affect the promotion of sustainable development in the English regions through an analysis of the changes to date in Scotland, Wales and London. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005472103
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Creating new industries and service clusters on Tyneside
Benneworth, Paul - In: Local Economy 17 (2002) 4, pp. 313-327
Cluster policies have become an increasingly important component of the European Structural Funds, and are likely to become more so as cost pressures on these policies increase with European enlargement. However, the policy appeal of clusters is based on a range of factors, not merely their low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011139520
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Devolution, Sustainability and Local Economic Development: Impacts on Local Autonomy, Policymaking and Economic Development Outcomes
Benneworth, Paul; Roberts, Peter - In: Local Economy 17 (2002) 3, pp. 239-252
In this paper, we examine how devolution has affected local sustainable development. We focus on attempting to gauge how devolution will affect the promotion of sustainable development in the English regions through an analysis of the changes to date in Scotland, Wales and London. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778966
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Pathways to the Future? An Initial Assessment of RDA Strategies and their Contribution to Integrated Regional Development
Roberts, Peter; Benneworth, Paul - In: Local Economy 16 (2001) 2, pp. 142-159
The English Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) were established in April 1999 as part of the wider package of devolution measures. One of the first tasks undertaken by the RDAs was the preparation of Region al Economic Strategies (RESs). These strategies were intended to be a means of securing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779235
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Plant Closure and Institutional Modernisation
Charles, David; Benneworth, Paul - In: Local Economy 14 (1999) 3, pp. 200-213
The Siemens plant in North Tyneside, England gave the pretext for a range of local agencies to act together, to modernise part of the regional institutional infrastructure. This improvement meant that when the investment closed, and technological, organisational and skill modernisation by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779771
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Pathways to the Future? An Initial Assessment of RDA Strategies and their Contribution to Integrated Regional Development
Roberts, Peter; Benneworth, Paul - In: Local Economy 16 (2001) 2, pp. 142-159
The English Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) were established in April 1999 as part of the wider package of devolution measures. One of the first tasks undertaken by the RDAs was the preparation of Regional Economic Strategies (RESs). These strategies were intended to be a means of securing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005268797