Michael Porter has argued that a sustainable economic base can be created in the inner city only if it has been created elsewhere: through private, for-profit, initiatives and investment based on economic self-interest and genuine competitive advantage-not through artificial inducements, charity, or government

Co-Editors' Introduction; Abstracts of Contributions and Profiles of the Authors *; Part 1: Responses from the Academy; 1: Economic Development Strategies for the Inner City: The Need for Governmental Intervention; 2: Entrepreneurship and the Advantages of the Inner City: How to Augment the Porter Thesis; 3: Business Strategy and Access to Capital in Inner-City Revitalization; 4: Rebuilding Inner Cities: Basic Principles; 5: Déjà-vu All Over Again: Porter's Model of Inner-City Redevelopment; 6: Taking Back the Inner City: A Review of Recent Proposals; 7: Political Economy of Urban Poverty in the 21st Century: How Progress and Public Policy Generate Rising Poverty; 8: Promoting Economic Development in the Inner City: The Importance of Human Resources; 9: The Porter Model of Competitive Advantage for Inner-City Development: An Appraisal; 10: Michael Porter: New Gilder of Ghettos; 11: Revitalizing the Inner City: A Holistic Approach; 12: Reparations and the Competitive Advantage of Inner Cities; 13: Potential Welfare Gains from Improving Economic Conditions in the Inner City; 14: Is the Inner City Competitive?; Part 2: Responses from Community Service Providers; 15: Overview of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City; 16: Making Comparative Advantage Work for Economic Opportunity; 17: Economic Development or Social Development? A Strategy for Rebuilding Inner Cities; 18: Mr. Porter's "Competitive Advantage" for Inner-City Revitalization: Exploitation or Empowerment?; 19: A Dialogue on The Atlanta Project with Jane Smith, Executive Director; Part 3: Responses from Michael Porter and the Editors; 20: An Economic Strategy for America's Inner Cities: Addressing the Controversy; 21: Location Preferences of Successful African American-Owned Businesses in Atlanta