Costing local government reform
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W. (1993)
Costing local government reform. Local Government Studies, 19(4), 477-486. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003939308433695
Economic development and local authorities: The Scottish case
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W. (1993)
Economic development and local authorities: The Scottish case. Local Economy, 8(2), 100-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690949308726180
The economic development activities of local authorities have expanded considerably over the last decade. This paper considers the range of such activities and presents an ove...
Evaluation of local economic development
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W. (1993)
Evaluation of local economic development
There is general agreement in the field of local economic development that evaluation is important to improve policy decisions and their implementation. A range of documents o...
Local government reform in Scotland: the case of economic development
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W. (1993)
Local government reform in Scotland: the case of economic development
Local authorities and economic development in Scotland
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W. (1992)
Local authorities and economic development in Scotland. Local work : CLES bulletin, 1-7
The recently published Consultation Paper on the reform of local government in Scotland presents options which will have profound effects upon economic development activities ...
Local authorities and economic development - report for the convention of Scottish local authorities: research report.
Report
McQuaid, R. W. (1992)
Local authorities and economic development - report for the convention of Scottish local authorities: research report
The development of high-tech industries: an international survey.
Book
(1987)
M. Breheny, & R. W. McQuaid (Eds.), The development of high-tech industries: an international survey. Croom Helm
The development of the UK's centre of high-technology.
Book Chapter
Breheny, M., & McQuaid, R. W. (1987)
The development of the UK's centre of high-technology. In M. Breheny, & R. W. McQuaid (Eds.), The development of high-tech industries: an international survey, 297-354. Croom - Helm
Western Sunrise-the genesis and growth of Britain's major high-tech corridor.
Book
Hall, P., Breheny, M., McQuaid, R. W., & Hart, D. (1987)
Western Sunrise-the genesis and growth of Britain's major high-tech corridor. Allen & Unwin
Production functions and the disaggregation of Labor inputs in manufacturing plants.
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W. (1986)
Production functions and the disaggregation of Labor inputs in manufacturing plants. Journal of Regional Science, 26(3), 595-603. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9787.1986.tb01062.x
This paper investigates the assumption of homogeneous labor inputs underlying the production functions in many regional models. The results indicate that nonproduction and pro...