Beyond formal policies: Informal functions of mayor’s offices to promote entrepreneurship

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Author(s):  
Yasuyuki Motoyama
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The U.S

Scholars of economic development have generally concluded that local governments have limited capacities, due to their limited resources and orientation toward short-term growth output. In addition, past studies have predominantly examined explicit and formal policies or programs. However, there are other informal yet important dimensions of local governments that can promote economic development. By bringing in examples of mayor’s offices in the context of entrepreneurship in the U.S., this article explores and highlights four major informal functions those municipal offices can perform: (1) setting the priorities, (2) offering a clearinghouse, (3) connecting and coordinating people, and (4) appointing key personnel. Each function does have consequences, and a combination of the functions can significantly contribute to entrepreneurial activities in the local area. While evaluation of effectiveness will be difficult, scholars ought to conduct more exploratory research to understand those potentially significant functions of government for economic development, which includes qualitative dimensions that broadly affect individuals, firms, communities, and regions.

scholarly journals EXPLORATORY RESEARCH FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY CULTURAL DESTINATION BRANDING IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF TRIBAL INDIA – CASE STUDY OF JAUNSAR BAWAR TRIBAL REGION OF THE HIMALAYAS.

YMER Digital ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 525-532
Author(s):  
Himanshu Chauhan ◽  
◽  
Hemraj Verma ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Destination Branding ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Tribal Region ◽  
Destination Brand

Purpose: Cultural Destination Branding plays an important role to attract tourists. Jaunsar Bawar is endowed with historical and archaeological sites. The main purpose of this study is to identify the constituent elements of the overall image of the brand of Jaunsar Bawar’s main heritage destinations by utilizing heritage, general, and unique images, and it proposes a model for branding Jaunsar Bawar’s cultural & heritage destinations. The region has all the potential to be an important cultural destination in the world. Well-planned branding strategies of these cultural destinations are a primary requirement to attract both foreign and domestic tourists. There are some barriers, which can impede successful cultural tourism marketing in Jaunsar Bawar. Lack of coordination among stakeholders, insufficient funding and providing less importance to the needs of the tourists can obstruct successful cultural destination branding. Developing creative promotional program, coordination among relevant stakeholders, conservation and protection of heritage sites and active participation of both private and public sector are necessary to implement cultural destination branding in Jaunsar Bawar. Design/methodology/approach – This research is exploratory in nature and it uses the qualitative approach of primary research methodology by adopting a non-random stratified sampling method. To collect the data, approach of face-to-face semi-structured & openended interviews of 19 local people as well as some from outside region but having specific knowledge about Jaunsar Bawar due to their detailed work done here was conducted. Outcomes – The study shows that the people believe Destination Branding as an effective tool for the enhancement of the tourism in field related to Cultural & Historical perspective of a tribal region like Jaunsar Bawar. The study also establishes that the various initiatives in field of creating a destination brand enhances the reputation and build a very strong, unique & competitive brand in the minds of locals as well as in the minds of tourists/ visitors who are planning or who have visited Jaunsar Bawar and this could result in the economic development of this Himalayan tribal region. Research implications – The findings of the study represent a significant contribution to the field of destination branding and will help practitioners to develop destination brand of their area of research and achieve competitive advantage in long-run which will create several business opportunities in the local area and thus gives competitive advantage in the long-run. Research limitations – The study is confined only to the region of Jaunsar Bawar thus having a limited geographic scope of one region of one state of India. Therefore, studying other tribal regions of Himalayas may carry out further research. Keywords: Jaunsar Bawar, Tourism, Cultural Destination Branding,, Economic Development, Cultural Tourism, Destination Brand.

scholarly journals Observations from a Recent Economic-Development Study for the Livestock-Meat Industry in Panama

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Donald B. Agnew
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
South America ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Meat Industry ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The U.S

My observations are drawn from an economic-feasibility study for additional cattle slaughtering plants in the Republic of Panama, including aspects of technology as well as location and scale, supply and competition, transportation and market outlets. The study was made early in 1972 during a short-term assignment to the U.S. AID mission in Panama. In making the Panama study I was able to avoid many inadequacies I had encountered in similar studies of proposed new cattle slaughter plants for economic development at various locations in the United States and South America. There were contrasts in these situations and a broader challenge in the Panama study.

Local-Level Economic Development Conflicts: Factors that Influence Interactions with Private Land Developers

2021 ◽  
pp. 107808742199124
Author(s):  
Ki Eun Kang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Specific Region ◽  
Real Estate Development ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Economic Development Plan ◽  
The U.S

Private developers seek to locate their projects within a specific region. Local governments try to attract those businesses by offering tax incentives. In order to extract favorable terms from local governments, developers sometimes threaten to relocate or abandon their project. Seeking to minimize the overall harm to the community if the threats are realized, local governments will simply approve what was demanded by developers. Using survey data from across the U.S., I investigate the kinds of threats that are made by developers in an attempt to push local governments to compete against each other for projects and which factors make it more likely that those threats will succeed. The logistic regression model revealed that municipalities with inter-municipal cooperation and public participation in real estate development projects are more likely to decrease the chance of private developers’ threats succeeding. Conversely, neither having economic development staff nor an economic development plan did.

scholarly journals A SCRUTINY ON ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL AMONG STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
A. Balu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Economic Wealth ◽  
Major Topic ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Entrepreneurial Attitudes ◽  
The World ◽  
Business Opportunities ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

The role and effect of education,including training,on entrepreneurial activities has been a major topic of discussion in the last decade.Entrepreneurship is often defined as the opportunistic pursuit of economic wealth by limited resources. Governments all other the world undertake many programmes to boost entrepreneurial spirits amongst students - potential entrepreneurs.A dynamic economic development and several uncertainties had created numerous business opportunities for future entrepreneurs,including students at various levels of education,who noticed an opportunity to become committed entrepreneurs. The purpose of this study is to assess how grades obtained by students influence their entrepreneurial attitudes and secondly to assess students' entrepreneurial skills.

Asymmetrical Attribution of Performance in China

Asian Survey ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 978-1003
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Chen Chen ◽  
Jun Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Multilevel Mediation ◽  
Dual Pathway ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
The Impact

Existing studies of the impact of economic development on political trust in China have two major gaps: they fail to explain how economic development contributes to the hierarchical trust pattern, and they do not pay enough attention to the underlying mechanisms. In light of cultural theory and political control theory, we propose adapting performance theory into a theory of “asymmetrical attribution of performance” to better illuminate the case of China. This adapted theory leads to dual pathway theses: expectation fulfillment and local blaming. Using a multilevel mediation model, we show that expectation fulfillment mainly upholds trust in the central government, whereas local blaming undermines trust in local governments. We also uncover a rural–urban distinction in the dual pathway, revealing that both theses are more salient among rural Chinese.

The Rise of Anchor Institutions and the Threat to Community Health: Protecting Community Wealth, Building Community Power

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence T. Brown ◽  
Ashley Bachelder ◽  
Marisela B. Gomez ◽  
Alicia Sherrell ◽  
Imani Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Anchor Institutions ◽  
Health Related Research ◽  
Research Parks ◽  
Wealth Building

Academic institutions are increasingly playing pivotal roles in economic development and community redevelopment in cities around the United States. Many are functioning in the role of anchor institutions and building technology, biotechnology, or research parks to facilitate biomedical research. In the process, universities often partner with local governments, implementing policies that displace entire communities and families, thereby inducing a type of trauma that researcher Mindy Thompson Fullilove has termed “root shock.” We argue that displacement is a threat to public health and explore the ethical implications of university-led displacement on public health research, especially the inclusion of vulnerable populations into health-related research. We further explicate how the legal system has sanctioned the exercise of eminent domain by private entities such as universities and developers.Strategies that communities have employed in order to counter such threats are highlighted and recommended for communities that may be under the threat of university-led displacement. We also offer a critical look at the three dominant assumptions underlying university-sponsored development: that research parks are engines of economic development, that deconcentrating poverty via displacement is effective, and that poverty is simply the lack of economic or financial means. Understanding these fallacies will help communities under the threat of university-sponsored displacement to protect community wealth, build power, and improve health.

Guns on Campus: Surveying a rugged post-Heller/ McDonald landscape

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 77-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leif Magne Lervik
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Colleges ◽  
Concealed Weapons ◽  
Second Amendment ◽  
Academic History ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Public Colleges And Universities ◽  
The Right ◽  
The U.S

In June 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees an individual the right to keep and bear arms. Two years later, this decision was also made applicable to state and local governments. Today, seven U.S. states have provisions allowing the carrying of concealed weapons on their public senior high school campuses. This article, introduced by a brief comment on the Second Amendment’s legal and academic history, traces several recent developments of legal change. It discusses relevant arguments and attitudes towards guns on campus, and explores issues of future concern for public colleges and universities within the realm of firearms and campus safety.

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