Sources of Metropolitan Growth

The factors that determine growth at the industry level are different for innovative versus mature industries. Growth industries rely on high-quality workers access to capital technical change and numerous forms of collected economies. Mature industries concentrate on low-input costs and minimizing costs for wages transportation taxes material etc. This approach is adopted here to consider the growth and development of metropolitan economies.In twelve chapters eminent scholars provide a complete review of what works - and what doesn't - in generating economic development. What are the potential and the reality of producer services suburban business centers enterprise zones technology-based ventures and industrial incubators? How can economic development policy improve the incubator effect? Is there a nationwide venture capital network? What are the locational requirements of firms in high-growth industries? Finally what are the consequences of failed growth?This comprehensive collection includes chapters by Edwin S. Mills; Patricia E. Beeson; Mark A. Satterthwaite; Breandán Ó Huallacháin; John F. McDonald; William B. Beyers; Truman A. Hartshorn; Peter O. Muller; Rodney A. Erickson; Richard Florida; Donald F. Smith Jr.; Claudia Bird Schoonhoven; Kathleen M. Eisenhardt; Stephen Nord; Robert G. Sheets; and Thomas R. Hammer. This workis a must read for policymakers planners analysts and students.