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The Inner City : Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century.

"Michael Porter has argued that a sustainable economic base can be created in the inner city only if it has been created elsewhere: through private, for-profit, initiatives and investment based on economic self-interest and genuine competitive advantage-not through artificial inducements, chari...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Ross, Catherine (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Urban poor > United States.
Urban policy > United States.
Inner cities > United States.
Inner cities.
Urban policy.
Urban poor.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Part, PART I: Responses from the Academy
  • chapter Co-Editors' Introduction
  • chapter Abstracts of Contributions and Profiles of the Authors
  • chapter 1 Economic Development Strategies for the Inner City: The Need for Governmental Intervention
  • chapter 2 Entrepreneurship and the Advantages of the Inner City: How to Augment the Porter Thesis
  • chapter 3 Business Strategy and Access to Capital in Inner-City Revitalization
  • chapter 4 Rebuilding Inner Cities: Basic Principles
  • chapter 5 Déjà-vu All Over Again: Porter's Model of Inner-City Redevelopment
  • chapter 6 Taking Back the Inner City: A Review of Recent Proposals
  • chapter 7 Political Economy of Urban Poverty in the 21st Century: How Progress and Public Policy Generate Rising Poverty
  • chapter 8 Promoting Economic Development in the Inner City: The Importance of Human Resources
  • chapter 9 The Porter Model of Competitive Advantage for Inner-City Development: An Appraisal
  • chapter 10 Michael Porter: New Gilder of Ghettos
  • chapter 11 Revitalizing the Inner City: A Holistic Approach
  • chapter 12 Reparations and the Competitive Advantage of Inner Cities
  • chapter 13 Potential Welfare Gains from Improving Economic Conditions in the Inner City
  • chapter 14 Is the Inner City Competitive?
  • part, PART II: Responses from Community Service Providers
  • chapter 15 Overview of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
  • chapter 16 Making Comparative Advantage Work for Economic Opportunity
  • chapter 17 Economic Development or Social Development? A Strategy for Rebuilding Inner Cities
  • chapter 18 Mr. Porter's \
  • chapter 19 A Dialogue on The Atlanta Project with Jane Smith, Executive Director
  • part, PART III: Responses from Michael Porter and the Editors
  • chapter 20 An Economic Strategy for America's Inner Cities: Addressing the Controversy
  • chapter 21 Location Preferences of Successful African American-Owned Businesses in Atlanta.

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