Analysis of Weifang City’s Economic Development Competence According to Certain Economic Materials

2011 ◽  
Vol 63-64 ◽  
pp. 561-564
Author(s):  
Guang Yi Zhang ◽  
Tian Peng Zhao ◽  
Wan Yan Dong
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
The Past ◽  
Urban Economic Development ◽  
Weak Points ◽  
The Common

Urban economy has been deemed to be the leading power for regional economic and social development and it has everything to do with citizen income increase, local financial strengthen and organizational economic vigor. Weifang has a sound geographic position for it shares the common border of coastal and inland cities, which is beneficial to the whole provincial economic development. AHP methodology is applied to construct the evaluation system for urban economic development competence and an index system developed out of it is employed to compare the economic development competence from 2005 to 2009. Finally, the analysis of problems and weaknesses occurred thereby in the past five years is made, accompanied by constructive comments and suggestions. In recent years, rapid development has made Weifang among the tops in total economic volume in Shandong.To research Weifang’s economic development competence, to clarify Weifang’s regional economic development strategy, and to seize the opportunity to develop Weifang are meaningful to Weifang and Shandong.This article uses multiple statistic methods and social economic statistic software SPSS to standardize the indexes of Weifang from 2005 to 2009. It uses AHP to calculate each index’s weight, and gets the final comprehensive score of its economic development competence, on the basis of which it analyze Weifang’s economy and find the weak points so as to strengthen its economic development competence by giving relative suggestions.

scholarly journals The Impact of Economic Specialization on Regional Economic Development in the European Union: Insights for Formation of Smart Specialization Strategy

Economies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Giedrė Dzemydaitė
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Regional Economic Development ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Location Quotient ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Smart Specialization ◽  
Economic Specialization ◽  
The Impact

The smart specialization concept was implemented in the EU in 2014, stating that regions have to specify specialization areas for development of innovations. Economic specialization reveals a comparative advantage in that field. However, there are different arguments linking specialization to economic development. This study analyzes these arguments and aims to investigate the impact of economic specialization on regional economic development and to give insights into identifying prospective areas in regional economies. A panel fixed effect estimation of industry-level regional data suggests that economic specialization in broader regional employment, called relative specialization, is ambiguously associated with economic development. Our findings suggest that neither economic specialization nor economic diversity are a clear-cut solution for ensuring economic growth. Economic structure in EU regions differs, and there is no one answer for which approach is better for economic development. Specialization measures, particularly the location quotient, cannot fully capture the dynamics in the industry structure that could be essential for formation of regional development strategy.

Worker and Community Ownership as an Economic Development Strategy: Innovative Rebirth or Tired Retread of a Failed Idea?

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-342
Author(s):  
Jason S. Spicer
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Community Capacity ◽  
Community Ownership ◽  
The Past ◽  
Education Community ◽  
State And Local

A generation ago, American state and local experiments with worker and community ownership appeared unsuccessful. Does their current revival offer anything new to the field of economic development or is this merely a tired retread of a failed idea? Using historical analysis, case studies, and interview data from three U.S. regions, the author analyzes the current range of initiatives that seek to remove impediments, stimulate development, and provide direct technical and financial support to worker and community-owned enterprises. The author also identifies how these efforts differ from those in the past, with respect to scope, scale, and success orientation. Collectively, these differences suggest a focus on engaging with, rather than escaping from, market-based economic development. Key challenges are also identified: popular education, community capacity, competitive pressure, early-stage financing, and managing political content. While too early to assess outcomes, these differences suggest the possibility of more substantial results than in the past.

scholarly journals Festivalisation: Patterns and Limits

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Négrier
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Arts Festivals ◽  
Democratic Regimes ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

The rapid development of arts festivals in the past quarter century should not make us forget that such festivals are a relatively new phenomenon in Europe and that their current explosion goes hand in hand with a growing differentiation in the events/festivals market (Klaić 2008). Notwithstanding the long history of major events, the social, economic and cultural phenomenon that we associate with the ‘festivalisation of culture’ is much more recent. It is also linked to a plurality of causes, such as the evolution of democratic regimes (notably in Southern Europe), or the decentralisation of power in France (Négrier and Jourda 2007).

Measuring Schumpeterian activity using a composite indicator

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Mann ◽  
David Shideler
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Entrepreneurship Policy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Real Gdp ◽  
Composite Indices ◽  
The Common ◽  
Activity Indices

Purpose – As an economic development strategy, entrepreneurship policies should target innovative activities – those which Schumpeter described as leading to new goods, production methods, markets, input sources, or new industries. However, popular entrepreneurship proxies, such as firm births (<500 employees) and sole proprietorships, capture multiple types of entrepreneurship which may have conflicting qualities. To address the need for more accurate measures of Schumpeterian activity, indices are constructed to specifically measure the relative amount of Schumpeterian activity among US states. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Four composite indices of Schumpeterian activity are constructed using different methods to combine variables related to innovative activity into single indicator, since there is uncertainty about the weighting of dimensions: principal component analysis (PCA), factor analysis (FA), data envelopment analysis and equal weights. Robustness checks were used to compare state rankings across indices. These indices were also compared to common entrepreneurship proxies and real GDP to demonstrate and justify their measurement of Schumpeterian activity. Findings – The results show that the Schumpeterian Activity Indices (SAIs) similarly rank states and measure phenomena different from the common proxies of entrepreneurship. Furthermore, these indices better predict GDP than the common proxies. Lastly, state rankings based upon the SAIs support previous research suggesting that innovation and agglomeration economies are interrelated. Originality/value – The paper demonstrates a methodology for constructing a measure of innovative activity, which is necessary to develop and evaluate entrepreneurship policy for economic development.

scholarly journals Approaches to forecasting demography trends in the management of integrated area development

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-31
Author(s):  
Iryna Bryzhan ◽  
◽  
Vira Chevhanova ◽  
Оlesya Hryhoryeva ◽  
Lyudmyla Svystun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Integrated Development ◽  
Net Migration ◽  
Population Forecasting ◽  
Social Economic Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Area Development

The article is devoted to the innovative approach in the management of the area development for Ukraine based on demographic forecasting. Demographic forecasting is an essential element of informational supply for development and implementation of mid- and long-term social-economic development strategy and public administration of the area development. It is emphasized that the approach to solve this problem should be comprehensive. One of the modern options to settle the problem is based on borrowing European expertise on integrated development, which results, apart from social-economic growth and environment improvement, in significant increase in the number of European urban dwellers. Detailed demographic forecast should make a ground for decision-making and development of integrated area plans. Integrated development of areas, primarily urban ones, involves the development of all urban environment elements: transport, economy, economic and social infrastructure, etc. Therefore, it requires vertical integration, on one hand, of various public administration levels – national, regional, and local ones, and, on the other, of private sector and public society. Based on the analysis of demographic forecasting methods, the authors propose their own approach to area population forecasting, combining the component method that considers the net migration indices, the future employment estimating method and the similarity (correlation) method. The authors offer their own approach for area population forecasting based on a combination of cohort group method (considers the net migration indices), future employment estimate and similarity (correlation) methods. The common indices (birth and death rates, migration) should be the key components. However, the factors for their future changes should be defined individually based on the trends in the city's social-economic development. The proposed method takes into account the impact of the key drivers capable to change significantly the demographic forecasting when developing normative and functional demo-forecast options, and should make up the basis for social-economic strategic plans of urban development to be implemented by local authorities and self-government bodies. The theoretical provisions are supported with practical data of demographic forecasting for the implementation of integrated development strategy for the town of Poltava (Ukraine). Authors argue that demographic forecasting is optimal under the following conditions: detailed social-economic analysis of the city; and identification of strengths and weaknesses, and opportunities and threats. Based on the performed analysis and the objectives of perspective development, one can assess the opportunities for the improvement of demographic situation in the cities.

scholarly journals SPATIAL NON-HOMOGENEITY OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT ON SOCIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN REGIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-254
Author(s):  
Tatyana V. Miroliubova ◽  
◽  
Ekaterina N. Voronchikhina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Regional Economy ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Russian Regions ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Resilience Index ◽  
Social Economic Development

T he global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic outlined new challenges for the economic studies aimed to define the factors measuring the difference in the scope of the coronavirus-induced crisis consequences for the national social economic systems. The purpose of this research is to develop the tools to define the COVID-19 pandemic impact on the social economic development of the Russian regions and the resilience of the regional systems to the pandemic in terms of demographic factors. The methodology of the research includes statistical analysis and econometric modeling. The authors defined the economy resilience to the pandemic and developed a resilience index of the regional economy to the COVID-19 pandemic. The resilience index includes groups of homogeneous indicators characterizing the factors of the regional economic growth. Resilience of the regional economy to the COVID-19 pandemic is measured to reveal a negligible positive impact of the population density on the resilience of the RF regions’ economy to the coronavirus-induced crisis. The regions were clustered by the resilience index of their economies to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the leaders-regions, the regions with a moderate level and outsiders-regions were defined. A higher level of the regional economic development is found not to guarantee a more resilient economy to the COVID-19 pandemic. The obtained scientific results could be used to choose customized tools for the recovery of the regional social economic systems with due regard to the area with the worst dynamics of the indicators. Further scientific research is seen to be in analyzing the spatial non-homogeneity during the pandemic compared with pre-pandemic and post-pandemic periods, as well as in measuring the detrimental effects of the coronavirus and other external shocks on the RF regions’ economies in the context of demographic factors.

scholarly journals A critique of innovation districts: Entrepreneurial living and the burden of shouldering urban development

2021 ◽  
pp. 0308518X2110494
Author(s):  
Carla M. Kayanan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
New Governance ◽  
City Development ◽  
Spatial Form ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Urban Economic Development ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

This article critically investigates the global trend toward urban innovation districts, a distinctly 21st-century spatial form. Innovation districts are a place-based, economic development strategy to concentrate the actors, entities, and infrastructure considered essential to process and product innovation. Built on the idea that today's innovation requires continuous interaction, the design of innovation districts incorporates a density of living and working amenities to accommodate a 24-7 live–work–play environment. At the heart of the innovation district strategies are the entrepreneurs meant to benefit from the built-in supports that help them scale their ideas and introduce products to the market. Despite an embrace by policymakers, to date, there has been little systematic analysis and critique of innovation district strategies or attempts to understand them as tools of neoliberal urban economic development. This article tracks how planners and other city development officials endorsed innovation districts during the Global Financial Crisis. The districts were a stopgap policy measure to accumulate economic benefits while waiting for market activity to resume. Furthermore, this paper argues that the emergence of innovation district strategy points to new governance arrangements that shift the burden of urban revitalization onto entrepreneurs who catalyze growth through their consumption and production activities. The findings are based on content analysis, site observations, and interviews with the creators, implementers, stakeholders, and users of innovation districts in Boston, St. Louis, and Dublin.

scholarly journals SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION OF PM<sub>2.5</sub> CONCENTRATION IN CHINA FROM 1998 TO 2016 AND ITS RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol XLII-3/W10 ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
H. Z. Zhang ◽  
J. J. Chen ◽  
X. N. Zhao ◽  
J. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
The West ◽  
The Past ◽  
Spatial Distribution Characteristics ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Pm2.5 Concentration ◽  
China’S Economy

Abstract. China's economy has experienced rapid development in the past few decades, and economic development has also brought serious pollution problems, which has attracted wide attention of scholars at home and abroad. Based on the data of global PM2.5 remote sensing products and China's economic development from 1998 to 2016, the temporal and spatial variations of PM2.5 concentration in China from 1998 to 2016 were analyzed, and the response of PM2.5 concentration in China to economic development was studied. The results showed that the average annual PM2.5 concentration in 1998–2016 showed the spatial distribution characteristics of high in the East and low in the west; during 1998–2016, PM2.5 increased significantly in most regions, but decreased significantly in Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia and Gansu, while PM2.5 did not change significantly in some parts of the central region; during 1998–2007, PM2.5 concentration in most regions of China experienced rapid economic development. The concentration of PM2.5 in a few areas such as Inner Mongolia decreased significantly, while that in Yunnan, Sichuan and Inner Mongolia did not change significantly. During the 10 years of economic slowdown in China (2008–2016), the downward trend of PM2.5 concentration in China was expanding. The concentration of PM2.5 in the central and southern regions decreased or did not change significantly, except in the northwest and a few northeast regions. The change of PM2.5 concentration responds obviously to economic development, but the response of different regional economic development to the change of PM2.5 concentration is different.

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