Economic Development Quarterly articles from November 1998

Economic Development Quarterly archives from November 1998

A path to smarter federal leadership in economic development: learning, leveraging, and linking.
November 1, 1998... As governor of Pennsylvania (1979-1987), Dick Thornburgh established the Ben Franklin Partnership, a path-breaking state economic development program to spur technology-based development by linking businesses with technical expertise at...

Principles for rethinking the federal government's role in economic development.
November 1, 1998... This article begins with a discussion of differences between economic and community development. A three-dimensional policy framework for analyzing subnational economic development policy is presented. One dimension consists of the goals of...

Methodological challenges in evaluating business incubator outcomes.
November 1, 1998... This research study was undertaken by the University of Michigan Business School in collaboration with the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA), Ohio University, and the Southern Technology Council in response to a request for...

A question of evaluation: NBIA's impact assessment of business incubators. (National Business Incubation Association)
November 1, 1998... The latest report on the impact of business incubators distributed by the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) suffers from severe shortcomings that undermine claims being made for it. Claims of methodological improvements are...

Comments on Peter Bearse's "A Question of Evaluation." (response to article by Peter Bearse in this issue, p. 322)
November 1, 1998... In the past, Peter Bearse has completed important work concerning business incubators, and thus, many of the issues he raises deserve response. However, due to time and space constraints the journal places on this response, we confine our...

International trade and shift-share analysis: a specification note.
November 1, 1998... As part of the focus on estimating the links between regional economies and the global economy through international trade, the authors have examined some of the recent strategies. These approaches and extensions of a prior model are of...

International trade and shift-share analysis: a response to Dinc and Haynes. (response to article by Mustafa Dinc and Kingsley E. Haynes in this issue, p. 337)
November 1, 1998... In this article, in response to the Dinc and Haynes comment, the authors correct their published formulation of the import/export disaggregated dynamic shift-share analysis used to characterize differential metropolitan employment growth...

International trade and shift-share analysis: a specification note, rejoinder. (response to article by Helzi Noponen, Ann Markusen, and Karl Driessen in this issue, p. 344)
November 1, 1998... We would like to thank Helzi Noponen, Ann Markusen, and Karl Driessen (1998 [this issue]) for their positive and constructive approach to our article. We have had a lively and productive discussion, and, we believe, together we have improved...

Zone is where the heart is? Lessons from Detroit employers. (Michigan)
November 1, 1998... The author asked case-matched Black and White Detroit employers about their location and how they think customers and other outsiders view the city of Detroit. Nearly all of the city-based employers indicated that land and operating costs in...

The intrametropolitan distribution of economic development financing: an analysis of SBA 504 lending patterns. (Small Business Administration)
November 1, 1998... The declining federal role in economic development in distressed urban areas and concerns over the problems associated with metropolitan decentralization necessitate increased attention to the intrametropolitan distribution of business...

Social Justice and Local Development Policy.
November 1, 1998... Robert Mier, Social Justice and Local Development Policy (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993). This review essay explores the growth and community-based approaches to development. The books under review deepen our understanding of how...

Community, Culture, and Economic Development: The Social Roots of Local Action.
November 1, 1998... Meredith Ramsay, Community, Culture, and Economic Development: The Social Roots of Local Action (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996). This review essay explores the growth and community-based approaches to development. The...

Women, Development, and Communities for Empowerment in Appalachia.
November 1, 1998... Virginia Renaldo Seitz, Women, Development, and Communities for Empowerment in Appalachia (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995). This review essay explores the growth and community-based approaches to development. The books...