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Stay curious: how asking the right questions unlocks the best economic development solutions
What Actually Drives You Local Economy? The Questions Every Economic Development Practitioner Should Be Asking There's a moment most of us in economic development will recognise. You're sitting in a meeting โ perhaps a combined authority board, a regeneration...
Glenn discusses the handbook with Dane Carlson on the EconDevShow Podcast
It was an absolute pleasure to be a guest on Dane Carlson's EconDevShow Podcast last week! In this episode of the Econ Dev Show Dane Carlson talks with Dr. Glenn Athey, author of The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook, about what economic developers...
Why Local and Regional Economic Development Still Needs to Justify Itself โ And What to Do About It
There's a particular kind of frustration familiar to anyone who has spent time in local or regional economic development. You've spent weeks pulling together the evidence base. You've mapped the labour market gaps, modelled the productivity deficit, built the...
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The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook, launched on 27 April, contains a wealth of practical case studies and examples that span the globe. The Handbook references Denmark as a global leader in high-performance innovation ecosystems, professionalised...
Lessons for Further Education
In this article for FE News I reflect on some of the key messages and conclusions for the Further Education Sector from The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook. Rebuilding The Skills Ecosystem: Colleges That Collaborate Are Making The Biggest Gains.
What if your new economic development team member didn’t have to learn things the hard way?
What if your team shared a common understanding of what economic development is, how it works, and what good practice looks like โ from day one? That's not an unrealistic ambition. It just requires investment in knowledge. Thirty years of practice, research, and...