Steps to Successful Economic Development Projects: A Handbook for Economic Development Organizations

摘要

Economic development is a diverse and complex process. Organizations involved in economic development activities face great difficulty building successful projects. Some of the barriers to achieving local economic development are beyond the organization's or community's control -- global economic competition, federal economic policy, broad economic trends. But, many elements of effective local development projects can be crafted at the community level -- strategic economic planning, community support, organizational capacity, effective management, sustained commitment. By identifying and explaining the factors critical to the success of local economic development projects, the handbook attempts to assist public and private organizations who initiate, support and implement local development projects. (Copyright (c) 1989, Mt. Auburn Associates.)