Economic Development Quarterly articles from November 1997

Economic Development Quarterly archives from November 1997

Federal and state government roles in science and technology.
November 1, 1997... Increased state government participation in the formulation and implementation of national science and technology policies has been proposed in a series of recent reports, most notably the State-Federal Technology Partnership Task Force's Final...

Response: a state-federal partnership in support of science and technology. (response to article by Irwin Feller in this issue, p. 283)
November 1, 1997... Public-private partnerships involving state and federal government are increasingly used to catalyze private investments in research and innovation. The two levels of government must consult more broadly informing national science and...

Rejoinder: response to Coburn and Brown. (article by Christopher M. Coburn and Duncan M. Brown in this issue, p. 296, on federal-state roles in science and technology)
November 1, 1997... The Coburn and Brown (1997 [this issue]) response, "A State-Federal Partnership in Support of Science and Technology," agrees in many ways with my article--perhaps more so than the authors intended. The central thesis of my article was that the...

From mission to commercial orientation: perils and possibilities for federal industrial technology policy.
November 1, 1997... During the 1990s, the federal government developed a new post-Cold War commercial orientation in some of its technology policies. These initiatives signify a change in direction from the strictly military-led, mission-driven approach of the...

Metropolitan computer services infrastructure and economic development capacity in the information society.
November 1, 1997... This article focuses on the capacity of metropolitan areas to use information technology, based on the assumption that the combined telecommunications and computer infrastructure relies on the presence of a computer-literate population with...

Analyzing the international competitiveness of metropolitan areas: the MICAM Model. (Metropolitan International Competitiveness Assessment Model)
November 1, 1997... The foundation of metropolitan economic development is rapidly changing as international trade and investment become more critical forces in national, regional, and urban economic growth. Economic globalization will require metropolitan areas...

Local Economic Development: Analysis and Practice.
November 1, 1997... John P. Blair, Local Economic Development. Analysis and Practice (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995). This article is a review of four economic development textbooks: John P. Blair's Local Economic Development: Analysis and Practice, John Levy's...

Economic Development Programs for Cities, Counties, and Towns.
November 1, 1997... John Levy, Economic Development Programs for Cities, Counties, and Towns (New York: Praeger, 1990). This article is a review of four economic development textbooks: John P. Blair's Local Economic Development: Analysis and Practice, John...

Planning Local Economic Development.
November 1, 1997... Edward Blakely, Planning Local Economic Development (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1994). This article is a review of four economic development textbooks: John P. Blair's Local Economic Development: Analysis and Practice, John Levy's Economic...

Theories of Local Economic Development: Perspectives from Across the Disciplines.
November 1, 1997... Richard D. Bingham and Robert Mier (Eds.), Theories of Local Economic Development. Perspectives From Across the Disciplines (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993). This article is a review of four economic development textbooks: John P. Blair's...