Local economic development: changing the parameters?
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
- Vol. 8 (2) , 159-178
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08985629600000010
Abstract
Based on an examination of recent thinking on the determinants of, and approaches to, local economic development the paper proposed a revised set of parameters within which to examine and evaluate this phenomenon. The paper constructs a comparative analysis of three approaches to local economic development (LED), enterprise culture, industrial districts and innovative milieu, within a set of focused criteria drawn from the literature on endogenous development. This analysis suggests a more generalist approach to local economic development that highlights the importance of understanding the evolution of a development ethos, entrepreneurial relations and the scope for non-local actor participation as key aspects of this development process.Keywords
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