In search of a happy medium: How the structure of interorganizational networks influence community economic development strategies

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Crowe
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Interorganizational Networks ◽  
Community Economic Development ◽  
Economic Development Strategies

scholarly journals Environment, Equity, and Economic Development Goals: Understanding Differences in Local Economic Development Strategies

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Zhang ◽  
Mildred E. Warner ◽  
George C. Homsy
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Social Equity ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Community Economic Development ◽  
Sustainable Economic Development ◽  
Economic Development Strategies

What role do local governments play in promoting sustainable economic development? This study uses a 2014 national survey to analyze the relationship between local environment and social equity motivations and the kinds of economic development strategies local governments pursue (business incentives or community economic development policies). Municipalities that pay more attention to environmental sustainability and social equity use higher levels of community economic development tools and lower levels of business incentives. These places are also more likely to have written economic development plans and involve more participants in the economic development process. In contrast, communities that use higher levels of business incentives have lower income and are more dependent on manufacturing employment. Other capacity measures do not differentiate types of economic development strategies used. This suggests that sustainable economic development strategies can be pursued by a broad array of communities, especially if the motivations driving their economic development policy include environment and equity goals.

The Pittsburgh Transition: Not Quite So Simple

2021 ◽  
pp. 089124242110248
Author(s):  
Sabina Deitrick ◽  
Christopher Briem
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
The State ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Significant Other ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Economic Trends ◽  
Economic Development Strategies

Benjamin Armstrong’s article compares state economic development policies in Pittsburgh and Cleveland in the 1980s, the period of major regional economic restructuring. Armstrong argues that what separated Pittsburgh from Cleveland in the ensuring years was the state-mandated inclusion of the city’s universities as major economic development decision makers and the role that advanced technology played in Pittsburgh’s recovery—much more prominent than in Cleveland’s. The authors agree that the 1980s expanded stakeholders in the region’s traditional economic development strategies, but not to the extent that Armstrong argues, and that significant other factors have affected the two regions in recent decades. The authors also find that the divergence in economic trends between the two regions is not a strong as Armstrong suggests.

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