Commentary on 'Competitors and Cooperators: A Micro-Level Analysis of Regional Economic Development Collaboration Networks'

摘要

In-Won Lee, Richard C. Feiock, and Youngmi Lee compellingly argue that competitive motiva tions underlie cooperative regional economic development behaviors, a perspective that should be welcomed and acknowledged more broadly by schol ars and practitioners who are interested in finding regional solutions to policy challenges. In practice, it is often the case that in regions well known for coop eration, competitiveness, and localism are dominant features of the economic development landscape and actually may drive regional behaviors. The competi tive motivation to collaborate is a rational decision made by local stakeholders to realize the community's economic development goals-local goals that only can be met with a collaborative approach.