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100			_aSalder, Jacob _937349
245			_aDefining local economies beyond their boundaries
260			_aLocal Government Studies
300			_a48(4), Aug, 2022: p.579-603
520			_aLocal economy is conventionally defined through political administrative units. The continuity of this approach has been challenged as more networked forms of economy have evolved. In response, local economies are increasingly reconfigured around city-regions, on presumption of linking network potential with local dynamics. Such challenges present several problems for practitioners in local economic governance. This paper examines the continuity between city-regional articulations of local economy units (LEU) and localised dynamics. Using lower-tier localities in Staffordshire, UK, reconfigured into the Greater Birmingham & Solihull city-region, it uses a location quotient to examine industrial concentration as a determinant of related variety. It extrapolates these concentrations to define LEUs and examine their continuity with formal political designation. It argues growing dependence on the city-region is a partial representation which ignores industry-based approaches and the need for plurality in defining local economies. Adopting such approaches may be of value to local government policy practitioners. – Reproduced
650			_aLocal economy, Sub-national governance, Network , Related variety-smart specialisation _935637
773			_aLocal Government Studies
906			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT
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