Reinventing local and regional economies /
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- The case study approach
- Lessons from the formula for economic growth on main street America
- Political foundations for economic reinvention
- Exposing the notion that a local economy can remain static
- Taking the long-term view and managing expectations : the horizon for elected officials
- Economic development seen as an investment
- (Case studies: Fairfax County, Milwaukee)
- Community development as a precursor to economic reinvention
- Building bridges between the public and private sectors
- (Case studies: Rochester, Allentown, Buffalo)
- Creating support systems and clusters
- (Case studies: Lexington, Kentucky; Pittsburgh; Dayton; Kansas City, Phoenix)
- Enhancing a community's assets for business attraction: tending to the product
- (Case studies: Baltimore, Las Vegas/Water)
- Basic strategic foundations for economic growth and economic development
- Distinguishing between economic growth and economic development
- Stabilizing economies through diversification
- (Case studies: Seattle, Detroit, Fairfax County, Birmingham, Tulsa, Charlotte)
- Coordinating land use and other local and regional planning
- (Case studies: Albuquerque, Dubuque, Youngstown)
- Target industries and community assets
- (Case studies: Indianapolis, Cleveland, the Bronx, multiple silicon "wannabe's"
- Encouraging technology transfer from colleges and universities to stimulate economic development
- (Case studies: MIT, johns hopkins, carnegie-mellon university and the university of pittsburgh, george Mason University)
- Marketing for business relocation and expansion
- Reality versus perceptions and truth in advertising
- The growth of entrepreneurial businesses as a complement to business attraction and retention
- (case studies: Allentown, Rochester, Kansas City)
- Best (and worst) practices in the use of incentives for business attraction
- (Case studies: Chicago/Boeing; State of North Carolina/Firestone Bridgestone tires; State of Maryland/Marriott Corporation).