Globalization's Impact on State-Local Economic Development Policy

Contents: The Implications of Globalization for State-Local Economic Development Strategy; The American States and Trade Promotion: Intergovernmental Co-Operation Motivated by Global Competition; Foreign Direct Investment in the American States: Policy and Managerial Issues; Globalization's Impact on State and Local Policy: The Rise of regional Cluster-Based Economic Development Strategies; Globalization, the 'New Economy', and the Economic Performance of the American States; Economic Development Policy in the United States: back to an Inglorious Future?; Moving Into Global Competition: A Case Study of Alabama's Recruitment of Mercedez-Benz; Charlotte's Response to Globalization: The Mayor's International Cabinet; Recapturing the Future? The Implications of Globalization for Education and Entrepreneurship in US Economic Development Strategies; Exporting American Economic development Practice to Russia.