LEADER 04566oam 2200661I 450 001 9910781583103321 005 20230802004308.0 010 $a0-429-25114-9 010 $a1-4665-0867-1 010 $a1-283-35037-8 010 $a9786613350374 010 $a1-4665-0871-X 010 $a1-4398-4625-1 024 7 $a10.1201/b11243 035 $a(CKB)2550000000065244 035 $a(EBL)827009 035 $a(OCoLC)778339439 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540750 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11925915 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540750 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10492520 035 $a(PQKB)10236019 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC827009 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL827009 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10512280 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL335037 035 $a(OCoLC)762324900 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000065244 100 $a20180331d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReinventing local and regional economies /$fGerald L. Gordon 210 1$aBoca Raton, Fla. :$cCRC Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (782 p.) 225 1 $aPublic Administration and Public Policy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4398-4624-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe case study approach -- Lessons from the formula for economic growth on main street America -- Political foundations for economic reinvention -- Exposing the notion that a local economy can remain static -- Taking the long-term view and managing expectations : the horizon for elected officials -- Economic development seen as an investment -- (Case studies: Fairfax County, Milwaukee) -- Community development as a precursor to economic reinvention -- Building bridges between the public and private sectors -- (Case studies: Rochester, Allentown, Buffalo) -- Creating support systems and clusters -- (Case studies: Lexington, Kentucky; Pittsburgh; Dayton; Kansas City, Phoenix) -- Enhancing a community's assets for business attraction: tending to the product -- (Case studies: Baltimore, Las Vegas/Water) -- Basic strategic foundations for economic growth and economic development -- Distinguishing between economic growth and economic development -- Stabilizing economies through diversification -- (Case studies: Seattle, Detroit, Fairfax County, Birmingham, Tulsa, Charlotte) -- Coordinating land use and other local and regional planning -- (Case studies: Albuquerque, Dubuque, Youngstown) -- Target industries and community assets -- Case studies: Indianapolis, Cleveland, the Bronx, multiple silicon "wannabe's" -- Encouraging technology transfer from colleges and universities to stimulate economic development -- (Case studies: MIT, johns hopkins, carnegie-mellon university and the university of pittsburgh, george Mason University) -- Marketing for business relocation and expansion -- Reality versus perceptions and truth in advertising -- The growth of entrepreneurial businesses as a complement to business attraction and retention -- (case studies: Allentown, Rochester, Kansas City) -- Best (and worst) practices in the use of incentives for business attraction -- (Case studies: Chicago/Boeing; State of North Carolina/Firestone Bridgestone tires; State of Maryland/Marriott Corporation). 330 $aRecent US economic history is rife with examples of cities and regions that have experienced significant decline. Many of those localities began to slide after decades, even generations, of feeling immune to economic disaster. Boeing and Kodak, the steel industry in Pittsburg, and the automotive industry in Detroit all expected to make it golden into the distant future. Tapping into the available body of knowledge as well as- through nearly 70 interviews--the experiences of those who lived and worked in those times in cities around the United States--to identify the most effective strategies, 410 0$aPublic Administration and Public Policy 606 $aRegional planning$zUnited States 606 $aCommunity development$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy$y21st century 615 0$aRegional planning 615 0$aCommunity development 676 $a338.973 700 $aGordon$b Gerald L.$01564772 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781583103321 996 $aReinventing local and regional economies$93834022 997 $aUNINA