Local Economy

1986 - 2026

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Volume 40, issue 4, 2026

Risk perception in urban and rural areas pp. 367-393

Yatina Calixte, Vincent Jourdain and Fiona Ottaviani

Evaluating the impact and challenges of small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in Nelson Mandela Bay pp. 394-407

Tasmin Jones, Murendeni Praise Ramaru and Kutu Ramolobe

Efficient management of present corrupted and bureaucratic traffic system: Application of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in government service pp. 408-433

Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Banita Lal, Rasheek Mahmud, Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Rasha Alahmad and Inyoung Chae

Do host and non-host city stakeholders see the same things? Examination of sport event impacts for host destinations pp. 434-456

Ana Chersulich Tomino and Marko Perić

Evaluating sustainability in local public projects: Performance indicators, transparency, and the risk of greenwashing pp. 457-476

Serena De Rosa

Governance of core and periphery ecosystems: The role of entrepreneurial support organizations pp. 477-498

Rory Renzy, Paige Clayton and Cathy Yang Liu

How does the financial health of urban, suburban, and rural semi-peripheral and peripheral municipalities differ? pp. 499-516

Jan Kubeš, Irena Szarowská and Jan Pokorný

Volatile urbanism and the fiscal federalism failure: Why intergovernmental transfer systems are calibrated for a world that no longer exists pp. 517-523

Zaheer Allam and Rushaa Badaloo

Perspectives on commons-based entrepreneurship and community development pp. 524-532

Vidhula Venugopal and Magesh Nagarajan

Volume 40, issue 3, 2026

Economic and fiscal aspects of brownfield regeneration in Czechia: Cost structures and policy implications pp. 213-237

Jaroslav Skrabal, Michal Tvrdon, Michal Krajnak and Martina Pavlackova

Leveraging artificial intelligence for new regional path creation in peripheral regions pp. 238-256

Marina Candi and Fumi Kitagawa

What do residents want from a North East Combined Authority transport policy? Evidence from conjoint experimental and adversarially co-produced narrative survey data pp. 257-282

Anna Thew, David Littlefair, Graham Stark, Howard Reed, Matthew T. Johnson and Elliott A. Johnson

Entrepreneurial ecosystems in disadvantaged places: Spatial context, ‘place’, and policy pp. 283-307

Carol Ekinsmyth

Regional development through freeports: An evaluation of the local employment effects of the East Midlands Freeport pp. 308-333

Sophie Laycock, Marie Stack and William Rossiter

Putting agents in agency: The role of patriotic capital in local and regional development pp. 334-342

Atle Hauge, Trond Nilsen and Giuseppe Calignano

‘I participate through suffering’: Rethinking community participation in Local Economic Development in Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa pp. 343-359

Saselihle Bongokuhle Khumalo

Book review: Handbook on Sustainable Community-Based Tourism: Â Planning, Management and Sustainability pp. 360-363

Velan Kunjuraman

Volume 40, issue 2, 2026

Investment opportunities in the digital economy of the Sultanate of Oman pp. 145-162

Nabhan Al Harrasi, Faten Hamad and Aaisha Al-Badi

Consideration of growth, regimes and inclusive local development post-Brexit pp. 163-183

Mairead McCormack

What is the impact of college men’s basketball games on a local economy? pp. 184-194

Stacey L. Brook and Xiaomin Gai

Augmented territorial development (ATD): Toward a place-based AI? pp. 195-210

Tariq Laajini

Volume 40, issue 1, 2026

Reading cities: Towards a participatory tool for disentangling the complexity of urban systems pp. 3-18

D Sevinc, A Scott, Bryson Jr and J Leach

In perspective: Rejuvenating local economies through locally embedded circular economy systems pp. 19-29

Cali Nuur

The gender wage gap reevaluated: A regional perspective pp. 30-47

Xinyun Jiang and Yasuyuki Motoyama

Falling short? English Devolution Policy, OECD evidence and constitutional change pp. 48-64

Janice Morphet and John Denham

Accelerating SME decarbonisation: A case study of the challenges and opportunities from the restaurant sector pp. 65-88

Ben Hardy-Jones and Sam Hampton

Barriers to entrepreneurship in low-income households in the UK: A scoping review pp. 89-132

Louise Venables, Paul Bedford, Daniel W Derbyshire, Lucia Pratto, Rebecca Lovell, Timothy J Taylor, Lewis R Elliott and Emma Bland

Estimating the local economic impacts of Early Learning and Childcare expansion in Glasgow, Scotland pp. 133-141

Naveed Hakeem and Emily Thomson

Volume 39, issue 7-8, 2024

Working with technology: The case for worker-centered innovation pp. 307-324

Sophie Kelmenson, Nichola Lowe and Greg Schrock

Business resilience during a crisis – A study of the impacts of local grant funding on SMEs’ resilience in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 325-344

Tim Ford, Marcjanna M Augustyn and Reda Shaker Abdelkareem

Shoulders to the wheel: How waste-to-wages enterprises use “reverse servitization†to drive inclusive circular local economic development pp. 345-364

Lachlan Burke, Carl Grodach and Ruth Lane

Facilitator, catalyst and regulator? Dublin’s social enterprise ecosystem and the role of municipal government in facilitating social enterprise development in a multi-level policy system pp. 365-379

Deiric Ó Broin

Planning mega-events: Entrepreneurial, regulatory and neopatrimonial models pp. 380-400

Julia Jastrząbek, Sven Daniel Wolfe and Martin Müller

Book Review: SMEs and Economic Development in Africa pp. 401-403

Muhammad Daud Bin Mahmud and Cici Aryansi Quilim

Book Review: Promoting Sustainable Local Economic Development Initiatives: Case Studies pp. 404-408

Imam Ismail and Syamsiah

Volume 39, issue 5-6, 2024

Encounters in African urban peripheries: Exploring people-supermarket dynamics in a South African neighbourhood pp. 213-230

Sarah Charlton

Exploring the nexus between public sector entrepreneurial orientation and local entrepreneurship: A Polish local government example pp. 231-252

Anna Mempel-Śnieżyk and Szymon Wrześniowski

More than just co-working? How co-working spaces frame their role and impact in entrepreneurial ecosystems pp. 253-276

Stephen Knox, Seemab Farooqi and Victoria Oziri

In search of a ‘Geography of Youth’: Why young people should matter more in local and regional development studies pp. 277-282

Giuseppe Calignano and Luca De Siena

Viewpoint: The overtourism strain on Kyoto: Economic policies and community impacts pp. 283-288

Cassie Burtis and Nicholas Wise

Autonomy of LAGs: Empirical evidence across European countries pp. 289-300

SunÄ ana SlijepÄ ević, Bruno Å krinjarić and Jelena Budak

Book Review: Sustainable Energy Transition: Circular Economy and Sustainable Financing for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Practices pp. 301-304

Asifa, Fatkurrohim, Moh Waldi Pratama, Fuji Sintia Armi and Arianteza Prazali

Volume 39, issue 3-4, 2024

Place and sense of place in local manufacturing: How local fashion and textile companies in Norway work with and through place-based tensions pp. 107-126

Kirsti Reitan Andersen and Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen

Beyond start-up formation: Effects of entrepreneurial ecosystem support activities for developing lagging regions pp. 127-146

Franz Flögel, Marina Letonja, Kerstin Meyer, Maria Rabadjieva, Zineta Vilman, Ralitsa Zhekova, Mariya Zlateva and Anna Butzin

Lessons from Wörgl: Key considerations for the continuation of an economic “miracle†pp. 147-164

Jeremy September

MÄ ori economies and wellbeing economy strategies: A cognitive convergence? pp. 165-186

Matthew Rout, Chellie Spiller, John Reid, Jason Mika and Jarrod Haar

A pendulum or a stopped clock? Rupture, continuity and political change in English sub-national government under Labour pp. 187-196

Alexander Nurse and Olivier Sykes

In perspective: Nepal’s LDC graduation: Implications, opportunities, and pathways pp. 197-206

Irshad Ali Shekh, Subash Kumar Bhattarai and Rachana Thapa

Book Review: Economics and management of geotourism pp. 207-209

Nur Holila Siregar, Anak Agung Eka Andiani, Ni Putu Pradnya Megasari, Anggun Rosa Ajie Safira and Anjela Karunia Amalia

Volume 39, issue 1-2, 2024

Investing in technology to address labour shortages in UK fresh produce and horticulture: How does this redefine standards of good agricultural practice pp. 3-12

Lilian Korir, Archie Drake, Martin Collison, Carolina Camacho Villa, Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Pearson and Louise Manning

Economic shocks and employment shifts across industrial sectors in English regions pp. 13-41

Jason Begley, Glauco De Vita, David Jarvis and Andrew Jones

Booksellers as placemakers: Innovative roles of independent booksellers in high street retailing pp. 42-60

Regine Sønderland Saga, Nikos Ntounis, Gary Warnaby, Chris Gregory and Cathy Parker

Globalisation and competitive strategies of firms in traditional manufacturing sectors of the West Midlands pp. 61-83

Mamta Tripathi, David Jarvis and Kate Broadhurst

The evolution of regional policy in Switzerland: From a growth oriented to a challenge-led policy? pp. 84-91

Rahel Meili and Heike Mayer

Sentiment and success potential of farmers’ producer organizations: A systematic literature review pp. 92-104

Sayani Roy Chowdhury, Dona Ghosh and T Joji Rao