Economic development strategies in local government literature

WENTZVILLE 5 Wentzville Baker, E. S. (2015). The role of industry clusters in economic development in some Midwest cities. Monthly Labor Review, 1-2. · This report stresses the importance of having clusters of economic industries and sectors that are both diversified and related at the same time. Bartholomaeus, C., Gregoric, C., & Krieg, S. (2016). Young Children as Active Citizens in Local Government: Possibilities and challenges from an Australian perspective. International Journal Of Early Childhood, 48(1), 79-93. doi:10.1007/s13158-016-0158-0 · Stresses the importance of getting the youth involved, both children and young adults, involved in government early and often. Brown, K. W., & McDuffie, R. S. (1996). Citizen access to local government financial reports. Government Information Quarterly, 13(2), 133. · Looks at the form and function of proper government transparency and citizen access to information. Clark, B. Y. (2015). Evaluating the Validity and Reliability of the Financial Condition Index for Local Governments. Public Budgeting & Finance, 35(2), 66-88. doi:10.1111/pbaf.12063 · Discusses the proper way to measure and index local economic performance for a city, county or other sort of locality. Creativity, Clusters and the Competitive Advantage of Cities. (2015). Competitiveness Review, (5), 482. doi:10.1108/CR-07-2015-0069 - Discusses how cities can survive and thrive, especially as compared to cities that are similar and/or nearby. Desai, U., & Hamman, J. A. (1994). Images and reality in local government personnel practices: Investigating the `quiet crisis\\\'. Public Administration Review, 54(4), 391. · Discusses the important of stated values (image) versus what is really going on within and around a local government (reality) Fisher, R. C., & Wassmer, R. W. (2015). An Analysis of State-Local Government Capital Expenditure During the 2000’s [We present]. Public Budgeting & Finance, 35(1), 3-28. doi:10.1111/pbaf.12062 · Trends and patterns when it comes to local taxes and government funding during the 2000’s. Hutchinson, J., Walker, E., & McKenzie, F. H. (2014). Leadership in Local Government: \\\'No Girls Allowed\\\'. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 73(2), 181-191. doi:10.1111/1467-8500.12075 · Discusses the fact that women are often a minority or entirely excluded from the local government paradigms. Jewitt, M. G. (2016). Encouraging transportation-oriented development in the United States: A case for utilizing “earned-as-of-location” credits to promote strategic economic development. William & Mary Law Review, 57(5), 1949-1984. · Asserts that transportation-related sector and industries should not be avoided or shunned even with the complexity and revenue collection/regulation issues involved. Johnson, B. (2008). Cities, Systems of Innovation and Economic Development. Innovation: Management Policy & Practice, (2/3), 146. · Discusses the importance of innovation and how it drives the economic development of a city or wider area. Kalafsky, R. V., & Sonnichsen, T. (2015). Employing SWOT Analysis in Coursework on the Geographies of Regional Economic Development and Trade. Journal of Geography, 114(5), 177-187. doi:10.1080/00221341.2014.980438 · A SWOT analysis of local/government sectors in a way that takes regions and collectives of cities into account Massey, J., Field, S., & Chan, Y. (2014). Partnering for Economic Development: How Town- Gown Relations Impact Local Economic Development in Small and Medium Cities. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 44(2), 152-169. · Discusses how partnerships and collectives can help be the tide that lifts all boats, those “boats” being the other cities or counties in the area. Martin, D. (2017). Why small business matters: what local government can do to support this vital economic engine. Public Management, (1), 6. · Stresses the importance of small businesses for local governments, in smaller cities and less populous areas in particular. Mattisson, O., & Ramberg, U. (2015). Co-owned Local Government Organisations: Conditions for Strategy Development. Financial Accountability & Management, 31(3), 269-286. · Discusses co-ownership within the local government paradigm and how it should be properly strategized and regulated.

McNutt, J. G., Justice, J. B., Melitski, J. M., Ahn, M. J., Siddiqui, S. R., Carter, D. T., & Kline, D. (2016). The diffusion of civic technology and open government in the United States. Information Polity: The International Journal of Government & Democracy In The Information Age, 21(2), 153-170. · Discusses the importance of technology when it comes to local government and how such governments could and should leverage technology in the “information age” Mumby, W. C. (2017). Trust in Local Government: How States\\\' Legal Obligations to Protect Water Resources Can Support Local Efforts to Restrict Fracking. Ecology Law Quarterly, 44(2), 195-235. · Discusses how water rights and protection can be a major issue in state and local governments. Robinson-Barnes, C. J. (1995). Promoting economic development in the inner city: The importance of human resources. Review of Black Political Economy, 24(2/3), 123. · Discusses the importance of diversity and delivering quality services to all people in both rural and urban areas, and everything in between Scherer, J. J. (2016). Resisting the World-Class City: Community Opposition and the Politics of a Local Arena Development. Sociology Of Sport Journal, 33(1), 39-53. · Discusses arenas and similar projects as a means to make a given city a “destination” or place of commerce. Schragger, R. C. (2010). Rethinking the Theory and Practice of Local Economic Development. University Of Chicago Law Review, 77(1), 311-339. · Discusses the general paradigm that is local government and how it goes the most adept and enduring ways. Siewert, W., & Udani, A. (2016). Missouri Municipal Ethics Survey: Do Ethics Measures Work at the Municipal Level?. Public Integrity, 18(3), 269-289. doi:10.1080/10999922.2016.1139523 · Talks about ethics measures and programs and how much impact they have on local government Smith, E. (2014). Entrepreneurship at the Local Government Level: Stimulating and restraining forces in the Swedish waste management industry. Public Management Review, 16(5), 708-732. doi:10.1080/14719037.2012.743580 · Discusses how waste management and other local services/utilities can be a way to drive economic development and productivity. Smith-Ruig, T., Grant, B., & Sheridan, A. (2016). Slow Change at the Top: \\\'Old Hands\\\' and \\\'Accidental Executives\\\' in New South Wales Local Government. Australian Journal Of Public Administration, 75(1), 89-99. doi:10.1111/1467-8500.12160 · Talks about the barriers presented by older people in control in local government and the “inertia’ this can create when it comes to local governments evolving and improving. Up in the air: The role of airports for regional economic development. (2015). The annals of regional science, (1), 197. doi:10.1007/s00168-014-0651-z · Discusses how city and other nearby airports can be a driver of commerce, development and progress