This essay reviews recent evaluations of three of the most widely used state and local economic development strategies—traditional business recruitment, enterprise zones, and high-technology development. The studies do not succeed in their efforts to produce broadly generalizable findings...

Recognizing the challenges and shortcomings of community-based development to date, funders are increasingly requiring communities to target revitalization resources to achieve greater impact. Studies of one type of targeting approach-efficiency-based strategic geographic targeting-have...

Analysis of the responses of Bremen and Hampton Roads to cutbacks in military spending illustrates how conversion planning—and economic development planning generally—are embedded within a sociopolitical context. This context is largely determined by the regions’ industrial...