Creating Economic Growth: Lessons for Europe
Cover; Creating Economic Growth; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction: Rising to the Occasion; Local growth despite national barriers; The opportunities for local and regional leaders; Build assets for local development; Stimulate entrepreneurial creativity; Foster innovation and research; Leverage cultural resources and creativity; Make the most of cultural diversity; Champion social mobility; The Italian contribution; 1: Buildi…
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Cover; Creating Economic Growth; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction: Rising to the Occasion; Local growth despite national barriers; The opportunities for local and regional leaders; Build assets for local development; Stimulate entrepreneurial creativity; Foster innovation and research; Leverage cultural resources and creativity; Make the most of cultural diversity; Champion social mobility; The Italian contribution; 1: Building Assets of Local Development; The role of human capital, civic capital, and local governance.
The way forwardNurturing human capital; Building and preserving civic capital; Strengthening local governance and institutions; Cases; Turin: From company town to smart city; Lessons from the Turin case; Ragusa: Prosperity on the island; Lessons from the Ragusa case; The Dutch flower district: Tradition and innovation; Lessons from the Dutch case; Pittsburgh: From steel city to best destination; Lessons from the Pittsburgh case; A path for other cities and regions; 2: Unleash and Stimulate Entrepreneurial Creativity; The role of entrepreneurial action in local development.
The elusive notion of entrepreneurial creativityThe theoretical impacts of entrepreneurial activity; A model for the source of innovation; Entrepreneurship and education; Entrepreneurship and skill; Entrepreneurship and risk; Empirical evidence of growth via entrepreneurial creativity; Motivating the entrepreneur; Individual incentives; Context-dependent incentives; Policy proposals for local and regional leaders; Making business easier to conduct; Reducing financial constraints; Exploiting knowledge and innovation; Actions for local and regional leaders; 3: Foster Innovation and Research.
Building the innovation engines for growthInnovation and growth: What theory says; Innovation in traditional sectors and agriculture; Traditionand crisis-driven innovation (the cases of Mannheim, Eindhoven, and Oulu); Innovation and growth: Measuring the impact; Innovation policy in practice; Innovation policy and programs in Europe; Innovation policy and programs in Italy; New policy proposals to consider; Policy actions at the macro level; Action 1 - Concentration of R & I activities; Action 2 - Integration between research institutions and private companies.
Action 3 - Special-purpose funding mechanisms for R & IPolicy proposals at the local and regional level; Action 1 - Promoting integrated research institutions; Action 2 - Bridging the gap between firms and academia; Action 3 - Smart governance; Success factors for leaders; 4: Leverage Cultural Resources and Creativity; How to build value from cultural and historic heritage; Why the focus on culture?; What is cultural creativity?; The economic importance of cultural creativity; A model for leaders: The creative path from creativity to economic growth; The theoretical link to economy.
As national leaders struggle to revive their economies, the people of Europe face a stark reality, which has created an opportunity for local leaders and citizen movers and shakers to rise to the occasion to spur revitalization from the bottom up. The author offers a six-point plan to prosperity.
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- Publication Date:2014.
- Edition:Online-ausg
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- Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication:Basingstoke
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
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- Description:Online-Ressource (1 online resource (310 Seiten)).
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- ISBN:9781137427052, 1137427051, 1137427043, 9781137427045
- DOI:10.1057/9781137427052
- oclc:ocn904449789
- Dewey Decimal:338.94
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