Public Administration Quarterly back issues from October 1998:
Strategic planning and economic development: Concepts and issues--a symposium
Oct 01, 1998; ... INTRODUCIION Economic development has become one of the major public policies emphasized by state, county, and city governments for the last two decades (e.g., Eisinger, 1988; Levy, 1990; Luke et al., 1988; McGowan and Ottensmeyer, 1993). The importance of economic development for these ...
Linking economic development to strategic planning: Issues for community problem solving
Oct 01, 1998; ... ABSTRACT This article explores three fundamental questions related to economic development and strategic planning. First, what are the necessary preconditions to link economic development with strategic planning? Second, how can an economic development strategic plan be adapted to ...
Gaining a competitive edge: Economic development strategies for state and local governments
Oct 01, 1998; ... ABSTRACT For many years, formal economic development efforts have been touted as the means of reviving or revitalizing locales or regions that have undergone recession, loss of key industries, population outmigration or similar traumatic events. Yet these economic development efforts ...
Homegrown economic development: Implementing the hispanic business initiative fund in Central Florida
Oct 01, 1998; ... ABSTRACT This article illustrates, through practical application, the implementation of an economic development program in the Hispanic community of Central Florida. The case study defines economic development and explores the targeting of minority communities. Minority communities have ...
Strategic planning for economic develpment: A suggested model for program evaluation
Oct 01, 1998; ... INTRODUCTION Strategic planning and economic development have been widely discussed and debated in the scholarly and practitioner literature of public administration. There are several reasons for this attention. Economic development has become one of the important emerging domestic ...
Workplace violence policies of U.S. local governments
Oct 01, 1998; ... INTRODUCTION Workplace violence (WPV) has received increasing attention in the public and private sectors as employers confront disturbing information about the risks it poses to workers on all levels of their organizations. During the 1990s, for example, managers and policymakers have ...
History and issues of distance learning
Oct 01, 1998; ... INTRODUCTION In 1993, 1.3 million students took one of more distance learning courses ... [a]nd the number ... is expected to soar to 11.6 million students by the year 2000 ... 1,218 four-year colleges and universities-about 55% of the total-offered distance learning in 1996 ... In ...
Old before their time: The shortened lifespan of professional athletic venues and its implication for public subsidy
Oct 01, 1998; ... ABSTRACT A growing body of popular and academic literature indicates that local and state taxpayers may experience significant losses through the subsidy of professional sports facility construction. Communities seldom reap the economic benefits promised by city and state officials in ...