scholarly journals Community Development and Local Social Capital

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L. Jordan ◽  
Bulent Anil ◽  
Abdul Munasib
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Geographical Clusters

While a substantial amount of research has been devoted to showing what social capital does, research explaining social capital itself lags behind. The literature has a long tradition of examining the effect of social capital on local economic growth and development. In this paper we examine whether local economic development can explain the variation in social capital across various geographical clusters in the state of Georgia. We begin by devising a measurement tool, a Human Development Index (HDI), to measure community development. Our social capital measure includes associational memberships, voluntary activities, and philanthropy obtained from the Georgia Social Capital Survey. The findings show that even after accounting for various demographic and economic characteristics, the HDI explains the variation in a number of social capital levels (especially those measured by associational involvement) across various geographical clusters in the state of Georgia.

The Challenges of Smart Specialization Strategies and the Role of Entrepreneurial Universities

2015 ◽  
pp. 537-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domingos Santos ◽  
Nuno Caseiro
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Universities ◽  
Policy Actor ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Final Point ◽  
Smart Specialization

This chapter explores the relation between the concepts of entrepreneurial universities (EU) within the framework of Smart Specialization Strategies (S3). The latter is arising as a new competitive paradigm and universities can be of great importance for its successful implementation because of their contribution both as a partner institution, policy actor and producer of knowledge and social capital that can affect the potential for economic growth and development of regions. The links and contributions of both dimensions are presented and explored. As a final point, the concept of entrepreneurial ecosystem is presented as a consequence and future development of the dynamics resulting S3 and entrepreneurial universities interactions.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Oklahoma's Economy by Districts Using Input-Output Techniques

1969 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald A. Doeksen ◽  
Charles H. Little
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Base ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Output Analysis ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Input Output Analysis

In order to adequately appraise a district's potential for economic growth and development, it is important to know as much as possible about the economic structure of the particular district under analysis. Recent input-output analysis research conducted for the state of Oklahoma provided an examination of the economic base of the state, but this examination proved inadequate when considering the economic structure of the districts within the state.The Oklahoma model provided an “average” or “aggregate” description of the various economic structures found in the state.

scholarly journals Ujęcie jakości życia w badaniu stanu zielonej gospodarki

Ekonomia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-26
Author(s):  
Helena Artemiuk ◽  
Dorota Wyszkowska ◽  
Anna Godlewska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Effi Ciency

Quality of life in green economy surveyNature is a source of everything that surrounds us. Resources of our planet are, however, limited and the rate at which they are used leads to negative consequences not only for the globe, but also for its inhabitants. Pressure on environment is so great that it threatens the supply of resources to satisfy the residents’ needs and their wellbeing. Only responsible activity of humans in terms of development perspectives may limit excessive exploitation of natural environment and preserve it for future generations, while simultaneously lead to economic growth and development. One of such perspectives is the introduction of „green economy”. It is a set of activities undertaken to increase economic growth while taking due care of environment. “Green economy” involves monitoring of the effi ciency of the aforementioned activities and of the state of greening the economy. Polish public statistics has put forth a set of measurements which can be used for this monitoring. The aim of this article is to evaluate the quality of life in Poland with the use of specially selected set of indices used to assess the state of green economy. This work consists of two parts. The fi rst presents both theoretical aspects of green economy and indices to measure it. The other, however, focuses on Poland against the background of a selected group of indices, which can describe and assess the quality of life of Polish residents.

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