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The Blank Looks
No, not the name of an indie pop band from the 1980s (although it's a kinda cool name, eh?!). Its the response I usually get when I ask a local authority "Do you have a list of your most important employers - and a system of account management for them?" The blank...
Let’s stop reinventing the wheel in Local and Regional Economic Development in the UK
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐. ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ป'๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น - ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ The reinvention is not really the problem. The problem is that we set fire to everything we knew about wheels....
The 1996 Test
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐. ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ? Growth corridors. Gateway sites. A new business workspace building. Business support. A skills push. An innovation ecosystem. A place-marketing campaign. If...
Institutions as gaffer tape: the story of policy failure in the UK
๐๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ The Regional Development Agencies lasted thirteen years from statute to closure. The Local Enterprise Partnerships lasted thirteen. The average English...
Do The Same Get The Same
Britain has been running the same experiment on its regional economies for forty years, and the results are in. The institutional roll-call reads like a war memorial: development corporations, enterprise zones, urban programmes, TECs, Government Offices, RDAs, the...
๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐?
I mean the question literally, and I think everyone in this field should answer it. Not โdo you want your place to prosperโ - everyone wants that, the way everyone wants good weather. I mean: does your institution intend to become genuinely excellent at the discipline...