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Accelerating economic recovery: how governance, organizational agility, and economic development ecosystems shaped local government responses to the economic fallout from COVID-19
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.), Drexel University
Mar 2025
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00010904
Abstract
This study investigates how governance structures, organizational agility, and economic development ecosystems influenced local governments' economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining 103 Pennsylvania municipalities that received American Rescue Plan funding, this research provides insights on how local governments' strategic assets are associated with recovery from economic shocks. Initial analysis showed centralized governance and higher organizational agility were associated with better unemployment recovery, but these relationships became insignificant when controlling for municipal characteristics. Instead, structural attributes emerged as stronger associated factors, with rural status consistently demonstrating the strongest positive relationship with recovery across all models. Local autonomy factors, including home rule charter status, exhibited significant positive relationships with recovery outcomes. The economic development ecosystem emerged as a complex factor, suggesting robust ecosystems may present coordination challenges during crisis response. This research contributes to literature on organizational agility in the public sector, governance effectiveness during economic crises, and economic development ecosystem performance. The findings offer valuable implications for enhancing community resilience to future economic shocks.
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- Title
- Accelerating economic recovery
- Creators
- Adam J. Yoder
- Contributors
- Teresa D. Harrison (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xiii, 92 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Bennett S. LeBow College of Business; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991022043694704721