The paper reviews what we know about the possibilities of designing and implementing policy measures that raise the contribution of the extractive industries' production/consumption links to economic growth and wellbeing, and reviews how policies pursued by various governments have succeeded. It...

"A new marketing paradigm focuses on the concentrated economic power of 600 global cities.City-Centered Marketing: Targeting the World's Top Cities, As Nations Decline is a compelling practical analysis of a new direction of marketing within the context of intensifying urbanization and the shift...

Industrialization supported by industrial hubs has been widely associated with structural transformation and catch-up. But while the direct economic benefits of industrial hubs are significant, their value lies first and foremost in their contribution as incubators of industrialization,...