Economic Development News & Insight

Canadian universities receive near-failing grade for campus entrepreneurship support

It’s no surprise that global leaders are increasingly looking at entrepreneurship as a way to grow jobs and stimulate economies. In Canada, approximately 68% of More…

Stephen Daze

Small town economic development more difficult?

I just read this article on a LinkedIn Group. It’s an interesting read about the challenges of small town / Main Street economic development. There More…

Andrew Redden, Ec.D.(F)

The Best of the Top of the Greatest – Fourth Economy Consulting

Steve McKnight shares some interesting insights on rankings for the Fourth Economy Blog. While these rankings attract a lot of attention, they are only one perspective on More…

Steve McKnight / fourtheconomy.com

How to make a dream neighborhood: Resource sharing and collaborative communities

We all want to live in a neighborhood that makes us happier and healthier. What will help us? Our friends, family, neighbors, hiking trails, sharing More…

Wendy Philleo / www.good.is

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Canadian universities receive near-failing grade for campus entrepreneurship support

Small town economic development more difficult?

The Best of the Top of the Greatest – Fourth Economy Consulting

How to make a dream neighborhood: Resource sharing and collaborative communities

Economic Development

Small town economic development more difficult?

I just read this article on a LinkedIn Group. It’s an interesting read about the challenges of small town / Main Street economic development. There More...

Andrew Redden, Ec.D.(F)

Community and Social Development

Restarting neighborhoods by reactivating abandoned buildings

Ben Schiller at Co.EXIST looks at how crowdsourcing can be used to source ideas or capital to revitalize abandoned buildings and the communities they exist in. More...

Ben Schiller / www.fastcoexist.com

International Development

The potential perils of rapid-fire urbanization

The world’s fastest growing cities, particularly in developing nations, face significant challenges dealing with rapid population growth. Anthony Flint at The Atlantic Cities takes a closer More...

Anthony Flint / www.theatlanticcities.com

Business Support

Canadian universities receive near-failing grade for campus entrepreneurship support

It’s no surprise that global leaders are increasingly looking at entrepreneurship as a way to grow jobs and stimulate economies. In Canada, approximately 68% of More...

Stephen Daze

Workforce Development

The apprentices of the Digital Age

While apprenticeship certainly isn’t a new idea, it’s being applied in an interesting new way by Enstitute, a new two-year program that teaches skills in fields like More...

Hannah Seligson / www.nytimes.com

Cultural Development

New Orleans is the New Hollywood

S8ince Louisiana lawmakers passed a 30 percent film tax credit in 2002 the state has become the third most productive in the film industry after More...

Adam B. Kushner / www.theatlanticcities.com

Green Economy

Defining the green economy

Wikipedia explains a green economy as a system “that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities.” More...

Kristina Ross

Technology and Innovation

The new digital economy: remaining everfresh (Part 3)

The new digital economy poses a new challenge for our future workforce. How does one teach something that does not yet exist? By the time More...

Karolyn Hart

Policy and Research

Toronto 6th among cities in global competitiveness ranking: study

Laura Hubbard at The Globe and Mail looks at the latest Scorecard on Prosperity by the Toronto Region Board of Trade and the Certified Management Accountants of More...

Laura Hubbard / www.theglobeandmail.com