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economic development data

... statistics, facts and other information useful to prospects about places seeking economic development. It is more often referred to as location data by The Network.

economic development data supplier:

... a person or organization in position to provide economic development data (see the definition above). A location data supplier is an economic development data supplier.

economic development directory:

... a list of members of an association of economic developers or network; a type of contact directory; a contact data reference useful to economic development prospects.

economic development essentials ... see a list of 10 elements of economic development.

economic development marketing:

... planning and executing the conception, promotion, and distribution of information about the process in order to create and maintain awareness of economic development as a practice as well as to draw the attention of enterprise developers, site selectors and others in position to bring opportunities to locations, thus satisfying community growth and vitality objectives. Two .network resources may be worth reviewing to gain more understanding of this definition: (1) Economic Development Marketing; (2) Best Practices.

economic development network ... appendix b has the definition with comments.

economic development organization:

... EDO; an enterprise or agency dedicated to economic development; an area or local development organization—see definition of area and local development representatives.

define economic development practitioner ... an economic developer as change agent

define economic development profile ... see a definitions of various types of profiles

define economic development project ... one that brings about economic development
define economic development prospect:

... a person or enterprise identified as having an influence on the occurrence of economic development and thus sought after by a resource or service provider engaged in the mission of The Network, or one that is similar, a site selection or enterprise development prospect for a place seeking economic development. a potential prospect requesting a location package from an area or local development representative without asking for assistance at the time may be referred to as a suspect.

economic development region:

... a defined geographic area having one or more organizations or agencies and allies working together for the common good which is generally seen in a unified economic development marketing front; a location, as defined as defined in this glossary—location (1), having a group that seeks to attract prospects and identify opportunities that would bring about economic development which shared and is beneficial within the overall community. See the definitions of region and city-region. Also, for your information, regions within countries throughout the world that seek economic development and have location data suppliers in place are provided the opportunity to list in Site Location Assistance.com for free. Countries have the opportunity to list contacts in position to supply economic development data in Economic Development.net for free. Resource suppliers and service providers who see themselves as members of the .network target audience, are provided records in the Global Registry of Contacts for free. You can anonymously request the listing of an economic development region or other place of interest for free.

economic development representative ... see the definition of economic developer.

economic development resource:

... something wanted a member of the .network target audience that is useful when placed in position or drawn upon to provide assistance, service or support in moving forward with specific plans, projects, or opportunities for economic development. You are using an economic development resource. The website in which this glossary page is published is an economic development resource. The Network is an economic development resource.

economic development service:

... assistance or help provided as a resource for moving forward with specific plans, projects, or opportunities for economic development. The enterprise that owns and operates The Network is named Economic Development Services. The Network is an online information service; i.e., it is an online economic development information service.

Economic Development Services:

... Economic Development Services, Inc. See the about us link at the bottom of this page.

economic development technology:

... defined in the .network library under a general explanation of technology along with its specific application to the enterprise and economic development process.

economic development terms and expressions:

... jargon used with a body of knowledge for working with or operating as a practitioner.

economic enterprise:

... an enterprise that contributes to the vitality of a community ... that is a contributor to the economic well being of the place(s) in which it operates; a business enterprise.

economic profit ... an expression used in The Strategic Alignment Handbook, a publication of the IDRC Foundation—see the .network glossary definition of profit and the definition of economic above. For your information IDRC stands for International Development Research Council, at one time an association of corporate real estate executives, enterprise developers, site selectors and their resource suppliers and service providers.

economic value added:

... EVA; that which is of monetary value and accounted for at the end of an time period minus that which existed at its beginning, for example a measure of how much more valuable an economic enterprise became during a given time period.

economic vitality ... see Area and Local Economic Development

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