Studying regional development: The regional context of economic development

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-198

  McLean, Beverly M ^a  

^a The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art   (United States)

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EID: 0030526434     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124249601000205     Document Type: Review

References (68)

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2. Robert Mier, "Neighborhood and Region: An Experiential Basis for Understanding," Economic Development Quarterly 3 (1989): 169-74.
3. See Rusk, Cities without Suburbs; Bruce McDowell, "Regional Planning Today," in The Practice of State and Regional Planning, ed. F. S. So (Chicago: American Planning Association, 1986), pp. 133-64.
4. See Rusk, Cities without Suburbs; Bruce McDowell, "Regional Planning Today," in The Practice of State and Regional Planning, ed. F. S. So (Chicago: American Planning Association, 1986), pp. 133-64.
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9. Ibid, p. xvi.
10. Mier and Fitzgerald, "Managing Economic Development."
11. Joseph Stiglitz, Economics of the Public Sector (New York: Norton, 1986).
12. See Kenneth Arrow, "The Organization of Economic Activity: Issues Pertinent to the Choice of Market Versus Non-Market Allocation," in Public Expenditure and Policy Analysis, ed. Robert H. Haveman and Julius Margolis (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983), pp. 42-55.
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15. See, for example, Zolton Acs and David Audretsch, Innovation and Small Firms (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990); Philip Cooke and Kevin Morgan, "The Network Paradigm: New Departures in Corporate and Regional Development," Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 11 (1993): 543-64; Michael J. Piore and Charles Sabel, The Second Industrial Divide (New York: Basic Books, 1984); and Frank Pyke, Giacomo Becattini, and Werner Sengenberger, eds., Industrial Districts and Inter-Firm Co-Operation in Italy (Geneva: International Institute for Labour Studies, 1990).
16. See, for example, Zolton Acs and David Audretsch, Innovation and Small Firms (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990); Philip Cooke and Kevin Morgan, "The Network Paradigm: New Departures in Corporate and Regional Development," Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 11 (1993): 543-64; Michael J. Piore and Charles Sabel, The Second Industrial Divide (New York: Basic Books, 1984); and Frank Pyke, Giacomo Becattini, and Werner Sengenberger, eds., Industrial Districts and Inter-Firm Co-Operation in Italy (Geneva: International Institute for Labour Studies, 1990).
17. See, for example, Zolton Acs and David Audretsch, Innovation and Small Firms (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990); Philip Cooke and Kevin Morgan, "The Network Paradigm: New Departures in Corporate and Regional Development," Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 11 (1993): 543-64; Michael J. Piore and Charles Sabel, The Second Industrial Divide (New York: Basic Books, 1984); and Frank Pyke, Giacomo Becattini, and Werner Sengenberger, eds., Industrial Districts and Inter-Firm Co-Operation in Italy (Geneva: International Institute for Labour Studies, 1990).
18. See, for example, Zolton Acs and David Audretsch, Innovation and Small Firms (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990); Philip Cooke and Kevin Morgan, "The Network Paradigm: New Departures in Corporate and Regional Development," Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 11 (1993): 543-64; Michael J. Piore and Charles Sabel, The Second Industrial Divide (New York: Basic Books, 1984); and Frank Pyke, Giacomo Becattini, and Werner Sengenberger, eds., Industrial Districts and Inter-Firm Co-Operation in Italy (Geneva: International Institute for Labour Studies, 1990).
19. Michael E. Porter, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (New York: Free Press, 1990), p. 20.
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21. Annalee Saxenian, Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994).
22. Ann Markusen and Karen McCurdy, "Chicago's Defense-Based High Technology," Economic Development Quarterly 3 (1989): 15-31.
23. Ernest Sternberg, "The Sectoral Cluster in Economic Development Policy," Economic Development Quarterly 5 (1991): 342-56, quote on 342.
24. Mier and Fitzgerald, "Managing Economic Development," p. 276.
25. Pudup, "Regional Development."
26. See, for example, M. L. Greenhut, Plant Location in Theory and Practice (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1956); Walter Isard, Location and Space-Economy (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1956); Leon N. Moses, "Location and the Theory of Production," Quarterly Journal of Economics 73 (1958): 259-72; Alfred Weber, Theory of the Location of Industries, trans. C.J. Friedrich (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1929).
27. See, for example, M. L. Greenhut, Plant Location in Theory and Practice (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1956); Walter Isard, Location and Space-Economy (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1956); Leon N. Moses, "Location and the Theory of Production," Quarterly Journal of Economics 73 (1958): 259-72; Alfred Weber, Theory of the Location of Industries, trans. C.J. Friedrich (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1929).
28. See, for example, M. L. Greenhut, Plant Location in Theory and Practice (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1956); Walter Isard, Location and Space-Economy (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1956); Leon N. Moses, "Location and the Theory of Production," Quarterly Journal of Economics 73 (1958): 259-72; Alfred Weber, Theory of the Location of Industries, trans. C.J. Friedrich (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1929).
29. See, for example, M. L. Greenhut, Plant Location in Theory and Practice (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1956); Walter Isard, Location and Space-Economy (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1956); Leon N. Moses, "Location and the Theory of Production," Quarterly Journal of Economics 73 (1958): 259-72; Alfred Weber, Theory of the Location of Industries, trans. C.J. Friedrich (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1929).
30. See Raymond Vernon, "International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle," Quarterly Journal of Economics 46 (May 1966): 113-9; Ann Markusen, Regions: The Economics and Politics of Territory (Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1987); Wilbur Thompson, "Internal and External Factors in Urban Economies," in Regional Development and Planning: A Reader, ed. John Friedmann and William Alonso (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1975), pp. 201-20.
31. See Raymond Vernon, "International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle," Quarterly Journal of Economics 46 (May 1966): 113-9; Ann Markusen, Regions: The Economics and Politics of Territory (Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1987); Wilbur Thompson, "Internal and External Factors in Urban Economies," in Regional Development and Planning: A Reader, ed. John Friedmann and William Alonso (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1975), pp. 201-20.
32. See Raymond Vernon, "International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle," Quarterly Journal of Economics 46 (May 1966): 113-9; Ann Markusen, Regions: The Economics and Politics of Territory (Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1987); Wilbur Thompson, "Internal and External Factors in Urban Economies," in Regional Development and Planning: A Reader, ed. John Friedmann and William Alonso (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1975), pp. 201-20.
33. Jane Jacobs, Cities and Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life (New York: Random House, 1984); Idem, The Economy of Cities (New York: Random House, 1984).
34. Jane Jacobs, Cities and Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life (New York: Random House, 1984); Idem, The Economy of Cities (New York: Random House, 1984).
35. Benjamin Chinitz, "Contrasts in Agglomeration: New York and Pittsburgh," Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Review 51 (1961): 279-89.
36. Porter, The Competitive Advantage of Nations.
37. Dennis Judd and M. E. Parkinson, eds., Leadership and Urban Regeneration (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1989), p. 17.
38. Rusk, Cities without Suburbs, p. xiii.
39. See Michael J. Healey and Michael B. Rawlinson, "Interviewing Business Owners and Managers: A Review of Methods and Techniques," Geoforum 24 (1993): 339-55.
40. Ibid., p. 340.
41. See Erica Schoenberger, "The Corporate Interview as a Research Method in Economic Geography," The Professional Geographer 43 (1991): 180-9, quote on p. 180.
42. See basic social science research textbooks such as Earl Babbie, The Practice of Social Research (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1992) and Chava Nachmias and David Nachmias, Research Methods in the Social Sciences (New York: St. Martin's, 1991) for discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of various research methods.
43. See basic social science research textbooks such as Earl Babbie, The Practice of Social Research (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1992) and Chava Nachmias and David Nachmias, Research Methods in the Social Sciences (New York: St. Martin's, 1991) for discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of various research methods.
44. See Healey and Rawlinson, "Interviewing Business Owners"; Babbie, The Practice of Social Research.
45. See Healey and Rawlinson, "Interviewing Business Owners"; Babbie, The Practice of Social Research.
46. Schoenberger, "The Corporate Interview," 184.
47. Healey and Rawlinson, "Interviewing Business Owners," p. 340.
48. See Ann Markusen, "Studying Regions by Studying Firms," The Professional Geographer 46 (1994): 477-90, for a discussion about the following two groups of researchers who reached almost diametrically opposed conclusions regarding firm behavior within the same region, even interviewing dozens of sources, including some of the same firms: Annalee Saxenian, "Regional Networks and the Resurgence of Silicon Valley," California Management Review 33 (1990): 89-112; and Richard Florida and Martin Kenney, "Silicon Valley and Route 128 Won't Save Us," California Management Review 33 (1990): 68-88.
49. See Ann Markusen, "Studying Regions by Studying Firms," The Professional Geographer 46 (1994): 477-90, for a discussion about the following two groups of researchers who reached almost diametrically opposed conclusions regarding firm behavior within the same region, even interviewing dozens of sources, including some of the same firms: Annalee Saxenian, "Regional Networks and the Resurgence of Silicon Valley," California Management Review 33 (1990): 89-112; and Richard Florida and Martin Kenney, "Silicon Valley and Route 128 Won't Save Us," California Management Review 33 (1990): 68-88.
50. See Ann Markusen, "Studying Regions by Studying Firms," The Professional Geographer 46 (1994): 477-90, for a discussion about the following two groups of researchers who reached almost diametrically opposed conclusions regarding firm behavior within the same region, even interviewing dozens of sources, including some of the same firms: Annalee Saxenian, "Regional Networks and the Resurgence of Silicon Valley," California Management Review 33 (1990): 89-112; and Richard Florida and Martin Kenney, "Silicon Valley and Route 128 Won't Save Us," California Management Review 33 (1990): 68-88.
51. See Alan Bryman and Robert G. Burgess, Analyzing Qualitative Data (London: Routledge, 1994); Robert Burgess, In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research (London: Allen & Unwin, 1984); David Silverman, Qualitative Methodology and Sociology (Aldershot, UK: Gower, 1985); Robert Yin, Case Study Research: Design and Methods (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1989).
52. See Alan Bryman and Robert G. Burgess, Analyzing Qualitative Data (London: Routledge, 1994); Robert Burgess, In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research (London: Allen & Unwin, 1984); David Silverman, Qualitative Methodology and Sociology (Aldershot, UK: Gower, 1985); Robert Yin, Case Study Research: Design and Methods (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1989).
53. See Alan Bryman and Robert G. Burgess, Analyzing Qualitative Data (London: Routledge, 1994); Robert Burgess, In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research (London: Allen & Unwin, 1984); David Silverman, Qualitative Methodology and Sociology (Aldershot, UK: Gower, 1985); Robert Yin, Case Study Research: Design and Methods (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1989).
54. See Alan Bryman and Robert G. Burgess, Analyzing Qualitative Data (London: Routledge, 1994); Robert Burgess, In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research (London: Allen & Unwin, 1984); David Silverman, Qualitative Methodology and Sociology (Aldershot, UK: Gower, 1985); Robert Yin, Case Study Research: Design and Methods (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1989).
55. Markusen, "Studying Regions," p. 478.
56. Eric Sheppard, review of The Rise of the Gunbelt: The Military Remapping of Industrial America, by Ann Markusen, Peter Hall, Scott Campbell, and Sabina Deitrick, The Professional Geographer 45 (1993): 117-8, quote on p. 118.
57. Ibid, p. 118.
58. Markusen, "Studying Regions," p. 478.
59. Robert Kraushaar and Marshall M. Feldman, "Industrial Restructuring and the Limits of Industry Data: Examples from Western New York," Regional Studies 23 (1990): 49-62, quote on p. 50.
60. See Yin, Case Study Research.
61. Ibid.
62. Markusen, "Studying Regions," p. 478.
63. Ibid., p. 479.
64. Robert Beauregard, "Space, Time and Economic Restructuring," in Restructuring and Political Response, ed. Robert Beauregard (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1989), pp. 209-40.
65. Ibid., p. 209.
66. Carl Abbott and Sy Adler, "Historical Analysis as a Planning Tool," Journal of the American Planning Association 55 (1989): 467-73.
67. Ibid., p. 472.
68. Ibid.