Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleOn the continuing popularity of industrial recruitment.AuthorsLoveridge, ScottAbstractOpinion. Comments on arguments against industrial recruitment as a local economic development strategy. Zero-sum effect; Long odds; Overbidding; Profit cycle; Diversifications; Discount rates; Perverse outcomes.SubjectsECONOMIC development; INDUSTRIAL promotionPublicationEconomic Development Quarterly, 1996, Vol 10, Issue 2, p151ISSN0891-2424Publication typeEditorialDOI10.1177/089124249601000202