The Role and Importance of Managing Information for Competitive Positioning in Economic Development

by Keith Harman

Overview

This volume presents a perspective on programs and policies designed to enhance the development of local and regional economics. The primary purpose is to provide an overview to assist economic development organizations in implementing competitive positioning programs and utilize IRM (information resources management) techniques. The first three chapters build the case for an information resources management (IRM) perspective on economic development. Chapter Four rounds out the discussion by proposing broad-based academic and governmental endeavors based on a perspective on economic development that is consonant with a rapidly changing, highly interdependent, global economy in today's Information Age.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780893915841
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1989
Series:	Contemporary Studies in Information Management, Policies, and Services
Pages:	1
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Biographical Information
Preface
THE BUSINESS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Economic Dimension
Political/Legal Dimension
Sociotechnical Dimension
CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Research on Economic Development
Theories of Economic Development
Economic Development Initiatives
EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Industry Life Cycle Studies
Market Information Systems
Awareness of Competitive Position
Information Resources Management Perspective
Managing Information for Successful Positioning
AGENDAS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Information Resources Management: An Academic Agenda
Information Resources Management: A National Agenda
Appendix A: Information Sources for Economic Development
Appendix B: Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index