Adding value to natural advantage through business clustering:Winners and losers along the Murray River. In terms of river-based business activity, the success of cities located on the Murray River, such as Albury/Wodonga, Echuca, Swan Hill and Mildura varies. We shall identify how some towns along the river have added value to the natural advantage of the river through business clustering while others have not. Processes by which successful communities have gained and retain advantage will be ....Adding value to natural advantage through business clustering:Winners and losers along the Murray River. In terms of river-based business activity, the success of cities located on the Murray River, such as Albury/Wodonga, Echuca, Swan Hill and Mildura varies. We shall identify how some towns along the river have added value to the natural advantage of the river through business clustering while others have not. Processes by which successful communities have gained and retain advantage will be compared with strategies applied by less successful towns. The concept of business clustering not only permits regional diversity to be more readily understood, but points to future initiatives for less successful regions.Read moreRead less
Ways to Growth: Auditing and Encouraging Industry Innovation Capacity and Employment Growth in South-West Sydney Region. Uneven economic opportunities across regions have long concerned local and regional policymakers but policy results have remained limited. The four major strands of regional and local analytical work and policy focus (inwards attraction, focus on small local firms, innovation systems, clusters, networks) have not been combined in analysis of particular geographic spaces. The d ....Ways to Growth: Auditing and Encouraging Industry Innovation Capacity and Employment Growth in South-West Sydney Region. Uneven economic opportunities across regions have long concerned local and regional policymakers but policy results have remained limited. The four major strands of regional and local analytical work and policy focus (inwards attraction, focus on small local firms, innovation systems, clusters, networks) have not been combined in analysis of particular geographic spaces. The doctoral study proposed here is an innovative audit of economic activity in Liverpool City and the southwest region of Sydney to test ways in which the elements of economic growth identified in the four literatures interact. The aim is developing both better analytical tools and policy interventions.Read moreRead less