LOCAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS: PERSPECTIVES AND PROFILES |
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| Authors: | Edward J. Ottensmeyer Craig R. Humphrey Rodney A. Erickson |
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| Affiliation: | EDWARD OTTENSMEYER (Ph. D., Indiana University) is Assistant Professor of Management at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts. His recent research has focused on strategic issue management systems, on strategy development in not-for-profit organizations, and on the management of technological innovation.;CRAIG HUMPHREY (Ph. D., Brown University) is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. H i s research has dealt with community development and change.;RODNEY ERICKSON (Ph.D., University of Washington) is Professor of Geography and of Business Administration at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. He also serves as the director of the Pennsylvania Economic Analysis Program at Penn State. His research has focused on theories of regional economic change, industrial location, and economic development policies. |
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| Abstract: | Local industrial development groups (LIDGs) are often among the most visible organizations involved in community economic development. LIDGs annually spend billions of dollars directly or indirectly in various promotional and community improvement efforts. Yet relatively little is known about their organizational forms, their operating strategies, or their real impact on the economic development of communities. The study reported here was undertaken by researchers from three academic backgrounds in order to capture a rich, comprehensive view of this organizational type. In this paper, we discuss the research perspectives which informed our overall approach to the study, and subsequently, we present and discuss a preliminary profile of LIDGs, based on our recent national survey. |
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