Planning local economic development: theory and practice

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A New Argument for Taking Local Economic Development Initiatives 2. Toward a National Policy Agenda in Support of Local Economic Development 3. Concepts and Theories of Local Economic Development 4. The Local Economic Development Planning Process 5. Analytical Techniques for Local Economic Development 6. Selecting a Local Economic Development Strategy 7. Locality Development 8. Business Development 9. Human Resource Development 10. Community-Based Economic and Employment Development 11. Preparing a Detailed Project Plan 12. Institutional Approaches for Local Economic Development 13. The High Technology Economic Development Strategy 14. The Local Economic Development Profession and Professionals Subject and Name Index About the Authors