Endnotes

1. Larry W. Cox and S.Michael Camp. Kaufman Foundation. “International Survey of Entrepreneurs, Executive Report.” 2001.
2. International Economic Development Council (IEDC). www.iedconline.org.
3. Humbolt Area Foundation. www.hafoundation.org.
4. Philip A. Singerman, PhD. “A Perspective on the History of Federal Economic Development Programs.” A paper presented to the Strengthening America’s Communities Advisory Committee in Clearwater, Florida. June 2005.
5. Singerman.
6. Mark Drabenstott, “A Review of the Federal Role in Regional Economic Development,” a special report, Center for the Study of Rural America, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City,May 2005, www.kansascityfed.org/RuralCenter/RuralStudies/ FederalReview_RegDev_605.pdf.
7. Drabenstott.
8. Singerman.
9. National Academy of Public Administration. “A Path to Smarter Economic Development: Reassessing the Federal Role,” November 1996.
10. Interview with Deborah Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness. June 6, 2005.
11. National Academy of Public Administration.
12. Drabenstott.
13. Government Accountability Office, Economic Development:: Multiple Federal Programs Fund Similar Economic Development Activities, 2000. GAO/RCED/GGD-00-220.
14. Regional Technology Strategies, Inc. Cultivating Successful Rural Communities: Benchmark Practices at Community and Technical Colleges, 2001.
15. Brian Dabson, “The Meaning of Entrepreneurship,” a presentation to the Texas Entrepreneurship Summit: Expanding Economic Opportunity, Austin, Texas, March 29, 2005.
16. Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Adminisration, U.S. Department of Labor. “Welcome Change.”
17. Drabenstott, Abstracted.
18. Government Accountability Office, Economic Development: Multiple Federal Programs Fund Similar Economic Development Activities, 2000. GAO/RCED/GGD-00-220.
19. Public testimony of Pamella Dana, PhD, Director of the Governor’s Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development for the State of Florida. Clearwater, Florida. June 2, 2005.
20. Connecticut Assets Network.
21. Michael E. Porter. Abstracted from “Clusters and the New Economics of Competition,” Harvard Business Review. November/December 1998.
22. Council On Competitiveness.
23. Larry W. Cox and S.Michael Camp. Kaufman.
24. Dale G. Meyer, Professor Emeriti in Entrepreneurship, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado.
25. Adapted from a statement by Dutch academic/researcher Ruud Lubbers and from the publication Global Transformations, Polity Press, UK, 1999.
26. Adapted from a paper by the Center for Innovation Studies (THECIS).
27. Council on Competitiveness. “Innovate America,” 2005.
28. Coudouel et al. “Poverty Measurement and Analysis.” PRSP Sourcebook.World Bank,Washington D.C. 2002.
29. The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships. www.pppcouncil.ca
30. Drabenstott.
31. Marco Putz. Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. Abstracted from a paper presented at the Regional Studies Association International Conference, May 2005.
32. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. www.bls.gov.