enterprise zone
The enterprise zone (freely translated: corporate zone ) is a concept of regional economic development originating in Great Britain that goes back to the British city planner Peter Hall . In enterprise zones is delimited urban areas, where a number of state restrictions are overridden. This can relate to environmental law , building law or labor law , among other things . In contrast to the classic industrial park, funding by the state does not aim at direct measures (e.g. subsidies ) on the part of the state, but at indirect support through the most extensive dismantling of state regulation and control. Corporate zones are intended to provide an incentive for companies to settle in or start up in the target area.
This concept has met with criticism, among other things, because it can also restrict the rights of employees, for example protection against dismissal or minimum wages. The city and regional economist Eberhard von Eine described enterprise zones as “ enclaves with working and profitable conditions in the third world”.
literature
- Peter Hall: The British Enterprise Zones. In: Roy E. Green (Ed.): Enterprise Zones: New Directions in Economic Development . 1991.