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Economic Development.net has a collection of definitions of the process
from various sources. All together they make up a complete
definition of economic development. Meanings of expressions
that begin with the word "economic" are also available
in the website.

development project:
... a proposal, plan or scheme to risk changing
something; an undertaking to make a change through the
application of project
management techniques, for example, an enterprise
development project or economic
development project. A site selection project
is an undertaking aimed at finding a location for
an expansion, new
venture startup or relocation.
Site selection is a process of enterprise development see Enterprise
Development: 10 Steps for Site Selectors. Project
development is the organization of a proposal, plan or
scheme in conjunction with activities, such as networking,
that bring all of its parts together for moving towards
completion. The word project is
defined in this glossary.


change / elements of change:
... three steps for risk
takers as they
aim towards success: (1) Preparation gathering
information for making decisions; (2) Risk analysis looking
for road blocks, playing the what-if game, considering
ROI;
(3) Staying the course anticipating
ups and downs, making recovery plans that incorporate the
resources and knowledge to keep going. Elements of change
are discussed by futurists (examples)
as they predict paradigm shifts see
the Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy for information about Thomas
Kuhn (popularized paradigm shift).

change and development keyword combinations:
Copy and paste the following italicized text in the search
box at the top of this page to Google
the Web for more information about ... elements
of change

Search the Web for ... strategic organization
business planning

Search the Web for ... business operational implementation

Search the Web for ... business problem solving
initiatives

Search the Web for ... evaluating change initiatives
business

Search the Web for ... business management change
initiatives

change agent:
... a person who makes something different than it was;
a leader of a change initiative,
for example, a business
decision maker acting as an enterprise developer. Area
and local economic development representatives are change
agents the
Global
Registry of Contacts lists thousands of them. Suggestion:
Copy and paste the following italicized
text in the search box at the top of this
page and Google: ... "change
agents" economic development 

change initiative:
... the actions taken to implement a transformation process;
a purposeful or industrious undertaking as seen from the
point of view
of the enterprise
developer
taking three
basic steps. A past issue of The Resource Report (see
the resource
archive in Site Location Assistance.com, has information
about how an enterprise
development project is initiated and moves to
conclusion as a change initiative. Development projects
are examples of change initiatives
that typically have the following essential elements: (1)
Strategic organization (planning) to begin; (2) operational
implementation (communicating), for example, networking and gathering
location data during a site selection project; (3) problem
solving; (4) evaluation; and, (5) management. Change management
covers all five essential elements as a process of communicating,
coordinating, scheduling, and monitoring. Change management and
change management system are defined of a webpage of http://www.indiana.edu.

deal making:
... the phase of an enterprise
development project during which bargaining
takes place or during which agreements and arrangements
are made. Incentives need
to by clearly understood at the time negotiations begin
and the comments about them in the above
paragraph should apply. Negotiations generally
begin after fieldwork is
done and, of course, cannot take place until after
the right contacts have been identified and brought
together to bargain. See what
is the project status in Site Location Assistance.com
(SLA).
Here is a search of the Web for ... incentives
site selection deal making.


input analysis:
... the breakdown and examination of
information gathered and put into a matrix, spreadsheet
or the like. In this context,
the input analysis is for enterprise
development. For example, say, a site
selector gathers information from various places
of interest to analyze. The input would be from location
data suppliers. Another example would be the distribution
of a project
profile and selection
criteria to area
and local development representatives by a site
selector, say, by use of the Site
Selection Directory. Alert contacts would
analyze the input, determine their interest level in the site selector
as a prospect,
and respond with location
data and proposals. FYI: an online search
for ... site
selection input analysis places location. Input-output
analysis identifies where additional value is created through
the breakdown and examination of information about the materials
and goods flow between industries.


eco dev ... abbreviation
for economic
development as edev or simply ed.

elements of economic development:
... ten
essential items necessary for the
process to be a viable change initiate.


elements of enterprise development: (example
of 12 items)
... (1) a business
plan; (2) access to
capital;
(3) access to resource
and service providers;
(4) networking and
information gathering; (5) market
analysis;
(6) location
analysis; (7) site
selection based on an analysis of existing location(s)
which may lead to comparative
analysis at some point; (8) negotiating; (9) benchmarking;
(10) risk/ management and decision
making; (11) due
diligence; (12) startup.

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12 elements of enterprise development
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elements of site selection: (example
of 10 items)
... (1) a plan/project
profile; (2) selection
criteria and/or other specifications; (3) confidentiality;
(4) management and decision
making; (5) forming and maintaining working
relationships; (6) networking and
information gathering; (7) information/input
analysis; (8) fieldwork;
(9) making the deal(s); (10) location, location,
location.


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