This book challenges the common perception that significant regional disparities do not exist in small countries. As small developed countries become increasingly competitive and their economic structures resemble those of the large, a re-assessment of the regional consequences of these changes...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Ch. 1 - Introduction -- Ch. 2 - Labor Markets and Trickle Down -- Ch. 3 - The Problem with Impact Analysis: Counting Everything, Valuing Nothing -- Ch. 4 - Devling beneath the Surface: Job Chains in the Evaluation of Local Economic Development -- Ch. 5 -...