Endogenous Regional Development

Edited by Robert Stimson, Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Queensland, and Honorary Professorial Fellow of Geography, University of Melbourne, Australia, the late Roger R. Stough, formerly School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US and Peter Nijkamp, Professor Emeritus, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the Centre for European Studies, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, Romania and the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China

‘The region-specific nature of economic success matters in urban and rural regions alike, as this volume illustrates with a wide-ranging set of theoretical perspectives and empirical studies. The authors in this collection provide fresh ideas and new insights into a concept “endogenous development” that remains central to understanding regional development.’

• Contents: PrefaceRobert Stimson, Roger Stough and Peter Nijkamp1. Endogenous Regional DevelopmentRobert Stimson, Roger Stough and Peter Nijkamp2. The Economist’s Perspective on Regional Endogenous DevelopmentKenneth Button 3. Endogenous Regional Theory: A Geographer’s Perspective and InterpretationMichael Taylor and Paul Plummer4. Endogenous Rural Development from a Sociological PerspectiveFrank Vanclay5. Rural, Urban or Regional Endogenous Development as the Core Concept in the Planning ProfessionEdward Blakely6. Diversity and Endogeny in Regional Development: Applying Appreciative IntelligenceTojo Thatchenkery and Jessica Heineman-Pieper7. An Exploratory Approach to Model Determinants of Endogenous Regional Growth PerformanceRobert Stimson and Roger Stough8. A Theory of Entrepreneurial Rents in Endogenous Growth: Implications for Regional Innovation PoliciesZoltan Acs and Mark Sanders9. Foreign Direct Investment, Knowledge Assets and the Economic Geography of Growth in the Asian BRIICS CountriesTomokazu Arita, Chie Iguchi and Philip McCann 10. Implications of European Union Structural Assistance to New Member States on Regional Disparities: The Question of Absorption CapacityDaniela Constantin, Zizi Goschin and Gabriela Dragan11. Macroeconomic and Territorial Policies for Regional Competitiveness: Theory and Empirical Evidence from the EURoberto Camagni and Roberta Capello12. Endogenous Employment Growth and Decline in Australian Capital City Statistical DivisionsAlistair Robson13. A Case Study Approach to Investigating Local Development Initiatives in Rural Small Towns in VictoriaJohn Martin 14. Economic Development Incentives and the Measurement of Local Endogenous Growth: Is There a Need for Modeling Adjustment?Terry Clower15. Regional Growth and Development Theories RevisitedRoberta Capello and Peter NijkampIndex