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I joined David Marlow and Mike Spicer on the LED Confidential podcast recently, and we went straight at the question that opened the episode: why do so many places struggle to close the gap between what they set out to do and what actually happens on the ground? My...
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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 highlights Finland as a leader in managed industrial transitions, innovation-led development, and...
We’ve Been Looking at Economic Development the Wrong Way
Here is one uncomfortable possibility that doesn't get discussed enough: we may be solving the wrong problems because we're working from the wrong assumptions. Specifically, we've absorbed a set of ideas about what economic development looks like in a "developed"...
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...