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What roles do high-growth small- and medium-sized enterprises play in a slow-growing region? The job diversity and inclusive growth in Incheon, South Korea 在增长缓慢的地区，高增长的中小企业扮演什么角色?韩国仁川的工作多样性和包容性增长

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Local Economy Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/02690942231166350

Namji Jung

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New regions in the periphery: Agency and politics in shaping the governance of regional development in the Scotland–England border region 外围新区域：塑造苏格兰-英格兰边境地区区域发展治理的机构和政治

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Local Economy Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/02690942231169519

D. Clelland

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The impact of Chinese foreign direct investment on host country economic growth 中国对外直接投资对东道国经济增长的影响

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Local Economy Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/02690942231162850

A. Ross, Neil D. Fleming

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Going Green Post COVID-19: Employer Perspectives on Skills Needs. 新冠肺炎后走向绿色：雇主对技能需求的展望

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Local Economy Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Epub Date: 2023-01-27 DOI: 10.1177/02690942231151638

Sarah Strachan, Alison Greig, Aled Jones

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Innovation Salons – Events for dialogical knowledge transfer between civil society and higher education institutions 创新沙龙-民间社会与高等教育机构之间的对话知识转移活动

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Local Economy Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/02690942231165920

Suntje Schmidt, Julia Stadermann

{"title":"Innovation Salons – Events for dialogical knowledge transfer between civil society and higher education institutions","authors":"Suntje Schmidt, Julia Stadermann","doi":"10.1177/02690942231165920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942231165920","url":null,"abstract":"Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are recognised as generators for innovative solution relevant for shaping socio-economic transformation processes, for which knowledge transfer plays a crucial role. However, innovation studies demonstrate that innovative solutions, for example, in form of social innovation are generated by a wide variety of creative, social, or cultural actors with little or no integration of HEIs. Several regions and countries, therefore, recently set up innovation strategies that foster new forms of collaboration among societal actors and HEIs. The German Ministry for Education and Research developed the ‘Innovative Hochschule’ programme for initiating and testing new knowledge transfer instruments of HEIs to reach out to and interact with a broader society. Within this scope we developed ‘Innovation Salons’ as an instrument for dialogical knowledge transfer that helps regional HEIs to tie in with and unfold agency in ongoing regional (social) innovation processes. This paper introduces a pilot Innovation Salon as a potential approach for how HEIs may reach out to a-typical innovation actors for shaping social and problem-centred regional innovation processes. Key conclusions underline the importance of scouting for ongoing processes of generating novel regional solutions and of curating the interaction between social society actors and HEIs.","PeriodicalId":47006,"journal":{"name":"Local Economy","volume":"37 1","pages":"526 - 538"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44659685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Community perceptions on tourism development in South Africa: The case of developing a tourism route in the City of Mbombela Local Municipality, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa 社区对南非旅游业发展的看法：以南非普马兰加省姆博姆贝拉市地方市政当局开发旅游路线为例

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Local Economy Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/02690942231161827

M. Q. Sekole, M. Lethoko, M. H. Mautjana, G. Makombe

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Rich cities, poor countryside? Social structure of the poor and poverty risks in urban and rural places in an affluent country. 富裕的城市，贫穷的农村？一个富裕国家城市和农村地区穷人的社会结构和贫困风险。

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Local Economy Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Epub Date: 2022-06-05 DOI: 10.1177/02690942221104774

Oliver Hümbelin, Lukas Hobi, Robert Fluder

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Rural arts entrepreneurs' placemaking - how 'entrepreneurial placemaking' explains rural creative hub evolution during COVID-19 lockdown. 农村艺术企业家的场所营造——“创业场所营造”如何解释COVID-19封锁期间农村创意中心的演变

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Local Economy Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/02690942221083838

Inge Hill, Louise Manning, Richard Frost

{"title":"Rural arts entrepreneurs' placemaking - how 'entrepreneurial placemaking' explains rural creative hub evolution during COVID-19 lockdown.","authors":"Inge Hill, Louise Manning, Richard Frost","doi":"10.1177/02690942221083838","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02690942221083838","url":null,"abstract":"This article critically evaluates the development and impact of a new online 'dance practice' service in a rural creative hub Remote. The research asks: 'How does entrepreneurial placemaking contribute to the evolution of rural creative hubs during the COVID-19 pandemic?' To answer this question, the article critically evaluates the business activities of one artisan entrepreneur, applying placemaking and resilience. Using a case study strategy, this research employs online qualitative research. Creative hub development is explained as a result of 'entrepreneurial placemaking', forming the main contribution of this article. This term subsumes multi-layered exchanges. 'Entrepreneurial placemaking' is conceptualised as continuous becoming, and illustrated by Remote's adaption processes to lockdown phases. Remote is turned into a stage for digital placemaking during the COVID-19 lockdown via the 'open dance practice' service provided by a performance dance artist. Findings highlight that to enact entrepreneurial placemaking, creative professionals need to draw upon adaptive capacity, which includes the ability to develop exchange relationships and business-related digital skills. Peer-learning is a recommended solution for developing such digital skills across artist entrepreneurial communities. This article contributes to the ongoing conversation on the role of creative hubs for socio-economic development foregrounding the activities of hub users.","PeriodicalId":47006,"journal":{"name":"Local Economy","volume":"36 1","pages":"627-649"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8971967/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47060304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Manufacturing space for inclusive innovation? A study of makerspaces in southern Ontario. 包容创新的制造业空间?对安大略省南部创客空间的研究。

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Local Economy Pub Date : 2021-05-01 Epub Date: 2021-05-06 DOI: 10.1177/02690942211013532

Tara Vinodrai, Brenton Nader, Christian Zavarella

{"title":"Manufacturing space for inclusive innovation? A study of makerspaces in southern Ontario.","authors":"Tara Vinodrai, Brenton Nader, Christian Zavarella","doi":"10.1177/02690942211013532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942211013532","url":null,"abstract":"The popular discourse on making and makerspaces is laden with optimistic narratives suggesting that makerspaces act as key institutions that support more inclusive and sustainable forms of local economic development. Despite their popularity, we know little about how makerspaces actually support entrepreneurship and innovation and even less about how they advance the goals of environmental sustainability and social inclusion, particularly in the Canadian context. In an effort to redress these gaps, this paper uses a unique database of makerspaces, complemented with findings from in-depth case studies, to examine the practices of makerspaces in southern Ontario (Canada). Our study finds that while makerspaces offer access to technologies and basic skills training, we find limited evidence that makerspaces generate the promised economic or social outcomes so often attributed to them. Moreover, we find very limited evidence that makerspaces actively seek to be socially inclusive in their membership and programming or encourage environmentally sustainable practices. In other words, the potential of makerspaces, in their current form, to contribute to more inclusive and sustainable forms of local economic and community development is not yet fully realized.","PeriodicalId":47006,"journal":{"name":"Local Economy","volume":"36 3","pages":"205-223"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/02690942211013532","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39518585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Scaling up and scaling down supply chains in volatile resource-based economies. 在不稳定的资源型经济中扩大和缩小供应链。

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Local Economy Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Epub Date: 2021-02-16 DOI: 10.1177/0269094221993439

Laura Ryser, Sean Markey, Greg Halseth

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