Serious Business Beyond Tourism: Attracting and Retaining High Value Low Impact Industries to Regional Economies

Peter Bycroft; Pamela K Dyer; Richard D Nash

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Serious Business Beyond Tourism: Attracting and Retaining High Value Low Impact Industries to Regional Economies

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Serious Business Beyond Tourism: Attracting and Retaining High Value Low Impact Industries to Regional Economies

Peter Bycroft, Pamela K Dyer and Richard D Nash

Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, Vol.13(2), pp.205-220

2007

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Urban and Regional Planning

Human Geography

regional economies

knowledge economies

creative economies

This paper identifies and discusses six challenges of a global knowledge-based economy for regional areas based on the experience of Noosa Shire in southern Queensland, Australia. The challenges pertain to: 1) realistic perspectives within the wider Australian and regional economies, 2) redirection away from traditional approaches regarding co-location and product orientation, 3) creation of crossindustry/sectoral innovations and networks, 4) building on current strengths and moving them upstream or downstream from the traditional value chain, 5) the advantages of highvalue/low-volume/low-impact/low-effort new business opportunities, and 6) building the evidence base that is required for high-value/low-volume/high-yield/low-impact economic growth. Networks of cooperation within and between regions are essential for provincial areas that are highly dependent on small business enterprises.

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Title: Serious Business Beyond Tourism: Attracting and Retaining High Value Low Impact Industries to Regional Economies
Authors: Peter Bycroft (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Pamela K Dyer (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Richard D Nash (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Publication details: Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, Vol.13(2), pp.205-220
Publisher: Regional Science Association, Australia and New Zealand Section
Date published: 2007
ISSN: 1324-0935; 1030-7923
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449463202621
Output Type: Journal article

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