Holdings: What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation

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What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation

Policies on municipal actions to promote local competitiveness have typically focused in three areas: i) providing infrastructure (transportation, telecommunications, water & sanitation, etc.); ii) improving public services (education, health,...

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Main Author:	Zhang, Ming
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACTION PLANS BOTTLENECKS BUREAUCRACIES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS LEADERSHIP BUSINESSES BUYERS CITIES COLLABORATION COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DRIVERS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPORT PROMOTION EXTERNALITIES GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION INSTITUTION KNOWLEDGE SHARING LEARNING MANUFACTURING MARKET ECONOMY MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET FORCES MARKET RISKS MARKETING NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NEIGHBORHOODS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NUMBER OF VISITORS POLITICAL SYSTEMS POLLUTION POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SECURITY R&D RESULTS SALES SALES PROMOTION SANITATION SEARCH SPECIALIZED INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLIERS SUPPLY NETWORK TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE FAIR TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS WEB WEB PORTAL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/10133626/can-cities-enhance-competitiveness-local-policies-actions-innovation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10273

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/10133626/can-cities-enhance-competitiveness-local-policies-actions-innovation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10273