What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation

Policies on municipal actions to promote local competitiveness have typically focused in three areas: i) providing infrastructure (transportation, telecommunications, water & sanitation, etc.); ii) improving public services (education, health,...

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Main Author:	Zhang, Ming
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACTION PLANS BOTTLENECKS BUREAUCRACIES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS LEADERSHIP BUSINESSES BUYERS CITIES COLLABORATION COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DRIVERS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPORT PROMOTION EXTERNALITIES GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION INSTITUTION KNOWLEDGE SHARING LEARNING MANUFACTURING MARKET ECONOMY MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET FORCES MARKET RISKS MARKETING NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NEIGHBORHOODS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NUMBER OF VISITORS POLITICAL SYSTEMS POLLUTION POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SECURITY R&D RESULTS SALES SALES PROMOTION SANITATION SEARCH SPECIALIZED INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLIERS SUPPLY NETWORK TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE FAIR TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS WEB WEB PORTAL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/10133626/can-cities-enhance-competitiveness-local-policies-actions-innovation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10273

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spelling	okr-10986-102732021-04-23T14:02:49Z What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation Zhang, Ming ACTION PLANS BOTTLENECKS BUREAUCRACIES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS LEADERSHIP BUSINESSES BUYERS CITIES COLLABORATION COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DRIVERS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPORT PROMOTION EXTERNALITIES GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION INSTITUTION KNOWLEDGE SHARING LEARNING MANUFACTURING MARKET ECONOMY MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET FORCES MARKET RISKS MARKETING NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NEIGHBORHOODS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NUMBER OF VISITORS POLITICAL SYSTEMS POLLUTION POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SECURITY R&D RESULTS SALES SALES PROMOTION SANITATION SEARCH SPECIALIZED INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLIERS SUPPLY NETWORK TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE FAIR TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS WEB WEB PORTAL Policies on municipal actions to promote local competitiveness have typically focused in three areas: i) providing infrastructure (transportation, telecommunications, water & sanitation, etc.); ii) improving public services (education, health, public security, housing, etc.); and iii) reducing the cost of doing business by simplifying regulations (making it easier to open businesses, pay taxes, hire workers, acquire land, and exit from businesses). Recent theoretical advances and successful cases suggest that, for the local economy to be competitive in a globalize environment, simply reducing the cost of doing business, while critical, is not sufficient. Leading cities are also taking actions aimed at adding value to local businesses, by creating an environment that creates incentives for local firms to innovate and learn from each other, to upgrade the level of competitiveness of the overall local economy. 2012-08-13T11:01:48Z 2012-08-13T11:01:48Z 2008-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/10133626/can-cities-enhance-competitiveness-local-policies-actions-innovation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10273 English en breve; No. 127 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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topic	ACTION PLANS BOTTLENECKS BUREAUCRACIES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS LEADERSHIP BUSINESSES BUYERS CITIES COLLABORATION COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DRIVERS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPORT PROMOTION EXTERNALITIES GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION INSTITUTION KNOWLEDGE SHARING LEARNING MANUFACTURING MARKET ECONOMY MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET FORCES MARKET RISKS MARKETING NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NEIGHBORHOODS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NUMBER OF VISITORS POLITICAL SYSTEMS POLLUTION POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SECURITY R&D RESULTS SALES SALES PROMOTION SANITATION SEARCH SPECIALIZED INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLIERS SUPPLY NETWORK TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE FAIR TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS WEB WEB PORTAL
spellingShingle	ACTION PLANS BOTTLENECKS BUREAUCRACIES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS LEADERSHIP BUSINESSES BUYERS CITIES COLLABORATION COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DRIVERS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPORT PROMOTION EXTERNALITIES GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION INSTITUTION KNOWLEDGE SHARING LEARNING MANUFACTURING MARKET ECONOMY MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET FORCES MARKET RISKS MARKETING NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NEIGHBORHOODS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NUMBER OF VISITORS POLITICAL SYSTEMS POLLUTION POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SECURITY R&D RESULTS SALES SALES PROMOTION SANITATION SEARCH SPECIALIZED INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLIERS SUPPLY NETWORK TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE FAIR TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS WEB WEB PORTAL Zhang, Ming What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation
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description	Policies on municipal actions to promote local competitiveness have typically focused in three areas: i) providing infrastructure (transportation, telecommunications, water & sanitation, etc.); ii) improving public services (education, health, public security, housing, etc.); and iii) reducing the cost of doing business by simplifying regulations (making it easier to open businesses, pay taxes, hire workers, acquire land, and exit from businesses). Recent theoretical advances and successful cases suggest that, for the local economy to be competitive in a globalize environment, simply reducing the cost of doing business, while critical, is not sufficient. Leading cities are also taking actions aimed at adding value to local businesses, by creating an environment that creates incentives for local firms to innovate and learn from each other, to upgrade the level of competitiveness of the overall local economy.
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title	What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation
title_short	What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation
title_full	What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation
title_fullStr	What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation
title_full_unstemmed	What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation
title_sort	what can cities do to enhance competitiveness? local policies and actions for innovation
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/10133626/can-cities-enhance-competitiveness-local-policies-actions-innovation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10273
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