Essays about Economic Development Online

Below are links to articles about the use of economic development on the web and other relevant government online information.

Economic Development America - published by the Economic Development Administration includes an article about data and web sites in the Spring 2006 issue. You can get a PDF copy by clicking here.

Economic Development Now - published by the International Economic Development Council, one of the newsletters includes an article about web sites from the view of site selection consultants here. One of the more comprehensive articles on the subject was recently published by IEDC and you can get a PDF copy by clicking here.

Economic Development Journal - The Fall 2003 issue contains a thorough article about how the City of Tucson, Arizona uses its website for business attraction and expansion while improving economic development services.

Business Xpansion Journal - The February 2006 issue includes an article describing how site selection consultants use the Internet for information gathering and what this means for economic development professionals.

Economic Development Commentary - This publication of the former Council for Urban Economic Development (now International Economic Development Council) includes two excellent articles about business attraction using web technologies in the Spring 2000 and Spring 2001 issues.

Site Selection - The May 2005 issue includes an article describing how Oklahoma City recruited Dell's new facility and thousands of jobs using its website.

Expansion Management - The November 2005 issue includes an article describing how expanding businesses are using the Internet for site location and how TVA and Washington State are responding.

Local Government On-line: Putting the Internet to Work - This publication of the International City/County Management Association provides a strong overview of implementing Internet technology for local government.

Government Technology Magazine - This magazine has run a number of articles about economic development and web technologies and subscriptions are free. A recent article about the best government websites in the United States points out one that includes an economic development program. To read it click here. Two articles written by Bill McGarigle focus specifically on Internet GIS technology. To read them click here or click here.

The Economic & Technology Journal of Canada - This journal has articles about economic development and web technologies in a number of publications including the 1995, 1995, 2001,and 2002 editions.

Governing Magazine - This magazine has published articles about economic development and web technologies.

Federal Computer Week - This magazine's article asks the question "Who cares about e-government?". The answer is businesses and economic developers. In the article "Study spells out e-gov benefits" economic development ranks in the top 5 benefits for e-Government.

Business Facilities - This magazine's article looks at the difference between what businesses want, what Economic Development Agencies are providing and closes with what web strategies are working in the article "Are EDA Web Sites Living Up to Expectations?"

American City & County - This magazine has economic development information listed among the most useful web site elements in the article "What makes a Web site useful?"

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