U źródeł marketingu terytorialnego
Management in territorial self-governments is today under influence of the two phenomena: globalisation and “localness”. On the one hand, more and more people are looking for the same goods, services and values, while, on the other hand, there can be observed exposure of what is specific, original, local. According to “localness”, a greater power is assigned to towns and municipalities, according to the principle of local communities’ self-determination. At the intersection of these two planes – global and local – there has even appeared a new term, glocalisation, emphasising complementarity of the process of globalisation and an ever growing importance of the local development. Globalisation has strengthened competitiveness of towns/cities and regions. Therefore, local authorities have today to exhibit more market approach, understanding and meeting needs of various groups of interests. In her article, the author reminds the origin of the theory of territorial marketing and points out to it as the managerial theory to be used in practice by local authorities.
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