Local Economic Development Best Practices - April 2024

Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice

Written by authors with years of academic, regional, and city planning experience, the classic Planning Local Economic Development has laid the foundation for practitioners and academics working in planning and policy development for generations. With deeper coverage of sustainability and resiliency, the new Sixth Edition explores the theories of local economic development while addressing the issues and opportunities faced by cities, towns, and local entities in crafting their economic destinies within the global economy. Nancey Green Leigh and Edward J. Blakely provide a thoroughly up-to-dat... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1506363997
• ASIN: 1506363997
• ISBN: 1506363997
• Manufacturer: SAGE Publications, Inc

Local Economic Development: Analysis, Practices, and Globalization

Local economies are the building blocks for national ones. An updated and expansive core text, the Second Edition of Local Economic Development: Analysis, Practices, and Globalization provides a comprehensive introduction to the economics of local economic development. Delving into cutting-edge topics such as cluster analysis, creative class orientation, competitive advantage, social capital, business expansion and retention, and learning regions, this clearly written interdisciplinary text connects theories with real-life examples and offers the reader pragmatic tools for future application, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1412964830
• ASIN: 1412964830
• ISBN: 1412964830
• Brand: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Manufacturer: SAGE Publications, Inc

The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From The Crowd

WARNING: Do Not Read This Book If You Hate MoneyTo build a successful business, you need to stop doing random acts of marketing and start following a reliable plan for rapid business growth. Traditionally, creating a marketing plan has been a difficult and time-consuming process, which is why it often doesn't get done.In The 1-Page Marketing Plan, serial entrepreneur and rebellious marketer Allan Dib reveals a marketing implementation breakthrough that makes creating a marketing plan simple and fast. It's literally a single page, divided up into nine squares. With it you'll be able to map out ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01B35M3SM
• ASIN: B01B35M3SM
• Brand: Successwise
• Manufacturer: Successwise

Economic Development: Strategies for State and Local Practice

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• ASIN: 0873261348
• ASIN: 0873261348
• ISBN: 0873261348
• Manufacturer: Intl City County Management Assn

The Age of Sustainable Development

Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can use a holistic way forward to address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persistent extreme poverty, environmental degradation, and political-economic injustice: sustainable development. Sachs offers readers, students, activists, environmentalists, and policy makers the tools, metrics, and practical pathways they need to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. Far more than a rhetorica... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0231173156
• UPC: 783324832419
• ASIN: 0231173156
• ISBN: 0231173156
• Brand: Columbia University Press
• Manufacturer: Columbia University Press

Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice

Since the appearance of the first edition in 1990, Planning Local Economic Development has been the foundation for an entire generation of practitioners and academics working in planning and policy development. Written by authors with years of academic, regional, and city planning experience, the book has been used widely in graduate economic development, urban studies, nonprofit management, and public administration courses. Now thoroughly updated for the challenges of the 21st century and with new coverage of sustainability, the Fourth Edition explores the theories of local economic developm... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1412960932
• ASIN: 1412960932
• ISBN: 1412960932
• Manufacturer: SAGE Publications, Inc

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• ASIN: B002MUAJ2A
• ASIN: B002MUAJ2A
• Manufacturer: Currency

Move: How Decisive Leaders Execute Strategy Despite Obstacles, Setbacks, and Stalls

Move past the obstacles and implement your new strategy Move is your guide to mobilizing your whole organization to take your business forward. Whatever your needed transformation may be: a new initiative, a new market, a new product, your fresh strategy is up against a powerful foe: an organization's tendency to stay very busy and completely engaged what it's already doing. This book shows you how to cut through resistance and get your team engaged and proactively doing the new thing! Author Patty Azzarello draws on over twenty-five years of international business management experience to ide... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1119348374
• ASIN: 1119348374
• ISBN: 9781119348375
• Brand: WILEY
• Manufacturer: Wiley

Lean In for Graduates: With New Chapters by Experts, Including Find Your First Job, Negotiate Your Salary, and Own Who You Are

The perfect graduation gift: the iconic #1 best seller, expanded and updated exclusively for graduates entering the workforce.   This extraordinary edition of Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook and coauthor of Option B, with Adam Grant, includes a letter to graduates from Sandberg and six additional chapters from experts offering advice on finding and getting the most out of a first job; résumé writing; best interviewing practices; negotiating your salary; listening to your inner voice; owning who you are; and leaning in for millennial men.  In 2013, Shery... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385353677
• ASIN: 0385353677
• ISBN: 0385353677
• Brand: Knopf Publishing Group
• Manufacturer: Knopf

Community Economics: Linking Theory and Practice

This Complete revision of Dr. Shaffer's classic Community Economics provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of economic structure in small communities and urban neighborhoods of America. Authors Shaffer, Deller, and Marcouiller review the economics of smaller communities with continued emphasis on how to build and achieve theoretically sound community economic development policy. The text also demonstrates how local participation and knowledge can be used to identify problems, form solutions, and maintain community support for long-term goals. The main body of economic research and... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0813816378
• ASIN: 0813816378
• ISBN: 0813816378
• Brand: Brand: Wiley-Blackwell
• Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell

Educational Economics: Where Do School Funds Go? (Urban Institute Press)

Imagine if a school were to spend more per pupil on ceramics electives than core science classes. What if a district were to push more funding to wealthy neighborhoods than to impoverished ones? Such policies would provoke outrage. Yet these schools and districts are real.Today's taxpayers spend almost $9,000 per pupil, roughly double what they spent 30 years ago, and educational achievement doesn't seem to be improving. With the movement toward holding schools and districts accountable for student outcomes, we might think that officials can precisely track how much they are spending per stude... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0877667640
• ASIN: 0877667640
• ISBN: 0877667640
• Brand: Brand: Urban Institute Press
• Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Present! A Techie's Guide to Public Speaking

The ultimate interactive public speaking guide from tech speakersPoornima Vijayashanker and Karen Catlin that prepares and encourages techies to discover their expertise, confidently share it, and successfully level up in their careers.Techies around the world can now jump start and grow their speaking careers with the book, Present! A Techie's Guide to Public Speaking, written by tech leaders, Poornima Vijayashanker and Karen Catlin. The book serves as a resource for technology professionals who want or need to develop the skills to communicate their expertise effectively, whether in a meetin... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01BCXHULK
• ASIN: B01BCXHULK

The Handbook of Blended Learning: Global Perspectives, Local Designs

This comprehensive resource highlights the most recent practices and trends in blended learning from a global perspective and provides targeted information for specific blended learning situations. You'll find examples of learning options that combine face-to-face instruction with online learning in the workplace, more formal academic settings, and the military. Across these environments, the book focuses on real-world practices and includes contributors from a broad range of fields including trainers, consultants, professors, university presidents, distance-learning center directors, learning... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0787977586
• ASIN: 0787977586
• ISBN: 0787977586
• Manufacturer: Pfeiffer

The Geography Bee Complete Preparation Handbook: 1,001 Questions & Answers to Help You Win Again and Again!

The Ultimate Geography Bee Resource GuideGeography Bees are hot, with millions of fourth through eighth graders competing in National Geographic—sponsored Bees every year! This indispensable guide will systematically prepare your child to beat the competition and win! Inside you'll discover: ·Important rules, the best strategies, and essential insider tips ·How to avoid the most common pitfalls ·Proven study techniques from teachers and parents ·Facts about every U.S. state and every country in the world ·1,001 practice Bee questions and answers ·And much more! School geography is no l... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0761535713
• ASIN: 0761535713
• ISBN: 9780761535713
• Brand: Three Rivers Press CA
• Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press

Community Practice Skills: Local to Global Perspectives

Dorothy N. Gamble and Marie Weil differentiate among a range of intervention methods to provide a comprehensive and effective guide to working with communities. Presenting eight distinct models grounded in current practice and targeted toward specific goals, Gamble and Weil take an unusually inclusive step, combining their own extensive experience with numerous case and practice examples from talented practitioners in international and domestic settings.The authors open with a discussion of the theories for community work and the values of social justice and human rights, concerns that have gu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0231110030
• ASIN: 0231110030
• ISBN: 0231110030
• Manufacturer: Columbia University Press

Planning Local Economic Development : Theory and Practice

Written by authors with years of academic, regional, and city planning experience, the classic Planning Local Economic Development has laid the foundation for practitioners and academics working in planning and policy development for generations. With

• UPC: 54294400

Local Economic Development : Analysis, Practices, and Globalization

A comprehensive introduction to the economics of local economic development. The approach is people centered and recognizes contributions from other social

• UPC: 10140883

The Theory and Practice of Local Governance and Economic Development Hardcover

This book provides a comparative study of the use of partnerships and new forms of governance to achieve policy goals that promote economic and social development. In addition to a consideration of the theoretical challenges

• UPC: 6090386

Development Review in Local Government : Benchmarking Best Practices

DEVELOPMENT REVIEW IN LOCAL

• UPC: 577863284

Making Sustainability Work : Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Most companies today have some commitment to corporate social responsibility, but implementing these initiatives can be particularly challenging. While a lot has been written on ethical and strategic factors, there

• UPC: 24660176

Studyguide for Planning Local Economic Development : Theory and Practice by Blakely, Edward J., ISBN 9781412960939

Studyguide for Planning Local Economic

• UPC: 17744139

The Humanitarian Response Index: Measuring Commitment to Best Practice

The Humanitarian Response Index: Measuring Commitment to Best

• UPC: 8134686

Good Practices for Developing a Local Currency Bond Market: Lessons from the Asean+3 Asian Bond Markets Initiative (Paperback)

Good Practices for Developing a Local Currency Bond Market: Lessons from the ASEAN+3 Asian Bond Markets

• UPC: 752741639

Improving Global Environmental Governance: Best Practices for Architecture and Agency Hardcover

"By addressing key questions in this important area, the book provides new perspectives in the nexus between agency and architecture in environmental governance in the twenty-first

• UPC: 21472277