Local Economic Development programs can be evaluated using the CIPP (context, input, process and product) model. Context can be seen as the goals for local economic development, the input are the plans to reach those goals, the processes are the actions taken to execute the plans and the product is the outcome of the actions. …
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Local Economic Development is also about imbalance within a region or country, and how to reduce this imbalance. Several things are important for this. First of all, both national and local government should introduce a policy which reduces the imbalance and create coordinated economic and development. This can be done via preferential treatments, tariffs etc. …
There have been set up numerous LERD projects over the past years, but not every project is very successful. Projects need more socialization in the form of collaboration between universities, the government, local leaders and entrepreneurs. Universities can also provide education and stimulate innovation. Furthermore, the quality of the coordination of entrepreneurial activities can be …
The research shows the importance of empowerment in collaborative structures (currently failing through state cooperatives). Following new initiatives to increase strategic and structural empowerment, through vertical integration – such as semi-processing at the farmer level.
In this research the objective was to find out how collaboration, collaborative strategy and institutional interfere with sustainable competitive development of innovation in a developing region in Indonesia? It can be concluded that the impact of institutional interference and collaborations on innovation in this specific region is significant. There is a basis for innovation based …
The main purpose of this research is to explore the ways in which Burkinabe managers cooperate in top-level management teams. It was found that they are usually not competent to make all necessary decisions to perform their tasks as a top management team. They solve problems in a routine manner and communication between team members …
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This research looks into an agricultural exporter in Indonesia that sources cinnamon from Sumatra: Spicy Exports. More specifically, it investigates how to strengthen the linkages between Spicy Exports and their suppliers by building trust. Currently, the relationship is characterized by arms-length transactions and high opportunistic behavior. Using grounded theory, a model for building trust is …
This research aimed to uncover factors that can help developing countries with significant amounts of natural resources in avoiding the so-called ‘natural resource curse’. Previous studies show mixed results; some countries show a surge in economic growth, whereas others end up with conflicts and environmental degradation, i.e. the natural resource curse. Posing local economic development …
The objective of this research is to create an evaluation method for firms that considers all the values created by the firm, as well as all the actors that interact with the firm in the process of this value creation. This research examined 30 European Multinationals to identify which values they create besides profit and …
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This thesis provides information what the needs of the rural BoP in India are and how local Indian partners can help U.S. multinational firms in fast moving consumer goods to sell products to these people but on the other hand create development for the rural BoP. India is a huge country with a big variety …