Dynamic City-Regions in India Presentations for five (5 ... - Unido

Definitions of Terms: 41
City Region:
Global City Region:
Dynamic City Region:
Region:
City:
Innovation System: 42
Industrial Cluster:43
Governance: 44
Policy instruments/tools:
Entrepreneurship: 45
Supply chains:
A city-region is a geographic area identified by the name of the urban
centre of influence on its growth and development. To qualify for this
designation within the Network the place must be where a regional,
national or international airport with regularly scheduled commercial airpassenger
services is located. Capital cities of regions, territories, states,
provinces and the like may also be designated without regard for whether
their airports bear their names.
A national capital or a large urban area that is generally accepted
worldwide as having international significance and influence.
A dynamic city, one that is engaged in import replacement, unleashes five
forces - markets, jobs, transplants from other places, technology, capital.
The relationship between a city and its region obviously changes over
time.
State or Union Territory.
City referred to as the Dynamic City Region.
The word 'innovation' seems to have numerous meanings and is
interpreted in various ways. In this document the following definition of
the OECD is used:
“Technological innovation is the transformation of an idea into a new or
improved saleable product or operational process in industry or
commerce.” [OECD, 1981]
A geographically bounded concentration of similar related or
complementary businesses, (i.e. groups of related industries located in one
or more regions of the state), with active channels for business
transactions, communications and dialogue, that share specialized
infrastructure, labour markets and services, and that are faced with
common opportunities and threats.”
Governance can be seen as the exercise of economic, political and
administrative authority to manage a country’s affairs at all levels. It
comprises the mechanisms, processes and institutions, through which
citizens and groups articulate their interests, exercise their legal rights,
meet their obligations and mediate their differences.
Variables that are used as policy tools in the presentations. The main
policy tools available are: Income tax, VAT, Government expenditure,
Interest rate.
Is the process of identifying, developing, and bringing a vision to life. The
vision may be an innovative idea, an opportunity, or simply a better way
to do something. The end result of this process is the creation of a new
venture, formed under conditions of risk and considerable uncertainty.
The relation between organizations, resources and activities involved in
the creation and delivery of value in the form of both finished products
and services to end customers and shareholders.
http://www.manufacturing.net (UNIDO intervention)
41 The used definitions of terms included in this document
42 Innovation = theoretical conception + technical invention + commercial exploitation [Trott, P., Innovation Management
and New Product Development, Financial Times Management, 1998]
43
Rosenfeld, S (1995) Overachievers: Business Clusters that Work, Regional Technology Strategies Inc.
44 As defined by UNDP: Governance for Sustainable Human Development: A UNDP Policy document, Jan. 1997.
45 As defined by the Entrepreneurship Center at Miami University of Ohio
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