The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook, launched on 27 April, contains a wealth of practical case studies and examples that span the globe.
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ approach to local and regional economic development (LRED) provides vital insights into balancing structural regional convergence with ambitious environmental transformations. Highlights of case studies in the handbook include:
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ (Chapter 10: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship) is a jointly owned public-private partnership that assists domestic companies with international expansion while simultaneously attracting foreign direct investment.
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข (Chapter 12: Innovation) is the national innovation agency that has shifted from simple funding allocation toward managing systemic transitions by co-creating solutions across public, private, and third sectors. It highlights the role of specialised agencies in bridging fragmented institutional levels to address complex societal issues including climate change and health inequalities.
๐๐ช๐ฐ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ฃ (Chapter 12: Innovation) is an open-innovation experiment embedded at AstraZeneca’s Gothenburg facility that invites life science startups and academics to share core infrastructure and laboratories.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ (Chapter 12: Innovation) relies on unique, lifelong citizen numbers to link health records, research databases, and biological sample collections. It is presented to illustrate how connected data registries create a distinct edge by making medical research and clinical trials faster and cheaper than in countries without joined-up data.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐น๐ต๐ข๐น๐ข ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ (Chapter 14: Economic Participation, Employability, and Unemployment) caps universal childcare fees at a very low percentage of household income from twelve months of age. It is cited in comparative employment research to demonstrate how structured childcare and parental leave models reduce maternal career penalties and boost female full-time employment rates.
๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฎโ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ซ๐ฐฬ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฅ (Chapter 16: Place, Infrastructure and Real Estate) is a premier urban redevelopment project that intentionally bridges economic viability with community and environmental connectivity. It serves as a practical model for large-scale brownfield regeneration that successfully embeds social objectives directly into its fundamental structure and governance.
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