College Openings and Local Economic Development

Thermodynamics of local DNA openings.

A mechanism connecting the local untwisting and opening of DNA double helix is proposed. The presented thermodynamical approach is based on two models: the Peyrard-Bishop model that describes the denaturation of DNA due to thermal fluctuations and the model developed by the author describing solitary torsional waves, which propagate along the DNA molecule forced by advancing RNA polymerase. The...

Local economic development via urbanism lever: the case of Lebanon

The present paper analyses local economic development issues through the prism of urban governance theories and models. From theoretical corpora to empirical LED case studies, we emphasise, through the anarchy paradigm, the privatisation tendencies of urban planning and development projects in local territories. We have taken an interest in comparative analysis of principal concepts and ...

Embracing Locality in Local Economic Development

Scholarly research in urban and regional economic development has been heading unwittingly toward a postmodern embrace of locality. The literature on global economic restructuring, in ̄ uenced by regulation theory, has produced a wealth of case studies that exemplify the importance of the local. The public policy literature, having documented the decreasing in ̄ uence of the nation state, demonst...

Implementing local economic development in Ghana: Multiple actors and rationalities

Less Developed Countries , Tourism Investments and Local Economic Development ∗

The present paper analyzes the forward linkages of a multinational’s investment in a resort which kicks off tourism activity in a LDC. We show that, under quite natural assumptions, overnight stays are increasing in the number of tourism related, differentiated goods and services supplied in equilibrium. These goods and services, if supplied by the local community, represent forward linkages of...