<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Besides local economic development (LED) theories, especially LED practices have a growing importance nowadays. By a primary research involving more than 400 actors (local governments, local entrepreneurs, local agencies), the necessary competencies, practical experiences, and the field of further skills and extension concerning cooperation in economic development of localities were analysed. Summing up the research results, both local governments and local entrepreneurs have certain lack of competence that has to be improved, while the need of this exercise (and LED as a whole) for an appropriate financial background and a national strategy/policy is well-emphasized by the answers of the actors.</p></abstract>

Besides local economic development (LED) theories, especially LED practices have a growing importance nowadays. By a primary research involving more than 400 actors (local governments, local entrepreneurs, local agencies), the necessary competencies, practical experiences, and the field of further skills and extension concerning cooperation in economic development of localities were analysed. Summing up the research results, both local governments and local entrepreneurs have certain lack of competence that has to be improved, while the need of this exercise (and LED as a whole) for an appropriate financial background and a national strategy/policy is well-emphasized by the answers of the actors.

Analysis of Local Economic Development Capacity in Hungarian Rural Settlements

Institute for Regional Economics and Rural Development, Faculty for Economic and Social Sciences

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Economics and Business

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Besides local economic development (LED) theories, especially LED practices have a growing importance nowadays. By a primary research involving more than 400...

Analysis of Local Economic Development Capacity in Hungarian Rural Settlements

Publicado en línea: 10 nov 2017

Páginas: 57 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auseb-2017-0004

Palabras clave
innovation, local economic development, rural areas, rural economy

© 2017 Krisztián Ritter et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Analysis of Local Economic Development Capacity in Hungarian Rural Settlements

Publicado en línea: 10 nov 2017

Páginas: 57 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auseb-2017-0004

Palabras claveinnovation, local economic development, rural areas, rural economy

© 2017 Krisztián Ritter et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
innovation, local economic development, rural areas, rural economy