Stability and change in county economic development organizations

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-12

  Park, Jongsun ^a   Feiock, Richard C ^b  

^a Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

development authority; economic development strategy; governmental structure; local organizations; organizational change

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 84862931031     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242411431449     Document Type: Article

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