Reports

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• Identifying Opportunities: Strategic planning and investment for competitiveness
• Creating Rural Competitiveness: Closing the economic disparity gap
• Mobilizing Knowledge Resources: Real estate approaches including Research Parks and incubators
• Assessing Competitive Finance: Aligning incentives and investments to achieve strategic goals
• Bridging Sustainability and Economic Development: New policies for a changing world
• Other Topics

Identifying Opportunities

Research Parks Redux: The Changing Landscape of the Garden, February 2007 (Report [PDF:793K])

Economic Impact Analysis of Proposed Advanced Vehicle Research Center in Northampton County, NC, July 2005 (Report [PDF: 320K])

Economic Impact Analyses of Proposed Entertainment District in Roanoke Rapids, NC and Advanced Vehicle Research Center in Northampton County, NC, June 2005 (Report [PDF: 281K])

Northeast N.C. Regional Economic Development Plan, April 2005 (Report [PDF: 665K])

North Carolina's Top 100 Private Employers, December 2005 (Report [PDF: 193K])

Economic Impacts and Opportunities for Marine Science Research and Education in Carteret County, North Carolina 2004 (Report [PDF: 357K]) For Carteret County. Prepared by C³E, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Opportunities for Job Creation and Economic Growth in Cleveland County, NC, July 2004(Report [PDF: 165K]) For Cleveland County. By Michael Luger and Edward Lane.

Five-Year Vision Plan for the Economy of the AdvantageWest Region: 2004-2009. (Report [PDF:71K])
Vision Plan for the Economy of the AdvantageWest Region of North Carolina and Supporting Report, April 2004.(Report [PDF:221K])
Report Appendices. (Report [PDF:229K]) For AdvantageWest North Carolina (Western North Carolina Economic Development Commission) . By Leslie A. Scott and Brenda L. Linton. April 2004.

Identifying “Targets of Opportunity” Competitive Clusters for RTRP and its Sub-regions. (Report [PDF:539K]) For the Research Triangle Regional Partnership Future Clusters Competitiveness Initiative. By Michael I. Luger, Leslie Stewart, and Greg Androney. November 2003.

Greater Fayetteville Futures Project Action Plan for Economic Development. (Report [PDF:501K]) For Cumberland Community Foundation. By Leslie Stewart and Brenda Linton. September 2001.

The Promise of Entrepreneurship for the Chattanooga Region. (Executive Summary [PDF:96K], Full Report [PDF:399K]) For the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. By Deborah Markley, Leslie Stewart, and Johannes Traxler. August 2002.

Regional Technology Assets and Opportunities: The Geographic Clustering of High-Tech Industry, Science and Innovation in Appalachia. (Report [PDF:8M]) For the Appalachian Regional Commission. By Edward Feser and Harvey Goldstein. August 2002.

Downtown Carrboro Market Analysis. (Report [PDF:931K]) For the Town of Carrboro. By Matthew Barnes and Jefferson Parker. April 2002.

Economic Impact of the North Carolina Speedway: Opportunities for Richmond County. (Report [PDF:35K]) For Richmond County, NC. By Leslie Stewart, Haiyong Liu, and Jonathan Perry. November 1999.

Maintaining Competitiveness in the New Millennium: A Plan to Establish Industry Cluster Resource Centers in North Carolina. (Report [PDF:424K]) For the North Carolina Community College System. By Lucy Gorham, Michael I. Luger, Leslie Stewart, Stuart Rosenfeld, and James Jacobs. December 2000.

Creating Rural Competitiveness

Kerr-Tar Labor Demand and Supply Study (Executive Summary [PDF:110K], Full Report [PDF:526K], Appendix [PDF:389K]) For the Kerr-Tar Workforce Development Board. By Michael I. Luger and Rebecca Brown. February 2006.

Implementation Plan for a Mini-Hub in the Kerr-Tar Region. (Report [PDF:218K]) For the Kerr Tar Regional Council of Governments. By Leslie S. Stewart and Michael I. Luger. February 2004.

The Feasibility of Mini-Hub Development in the Research Triangle Regional Partnership Region. (Report[PDF:1.6M]) For the Research Triangle Regional Partnership. By Michael I. Luger. February 2003.

Mobilizing Knowledge Resources

EDA report (coming soon)

Salisbury Incubator report (coming soon)

The Feasibility of a Small Business Incubator at UNC-CH. (Report [PDF:173K]) For the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By Jonathan Perry and Michael I. Luger. August 1999.

Assessing Competitive Finance

Raleigh Area Development Authority — Small Business Investment Corporation Market Research Study. (Report [PDF 219K]) Final Report, Submitted by the UNC Center for Competitive Economies, March 23 2006.

2003 Assessment of the William S. Lee Tax Act. (Report [PDF:423K], Executive Summary [PDF:324K]) For the North Carolina Department of Commerce. By Michael I. Luger. July 2003.

Evaluation of Maine’s Public Investment in Research & Development, June 2004 (Report [PDF: 1M])

The Economic Impact of Proposed Reductions in Medicaid Spending in North Carolina. (Report [PDF:168K]) By Kerry E. Kilpatrick, Joshua Olinick, Michael Luger, and Jun Koo. April 2002.

Evaluation of Maine’s Public Investment in Research & Development Interim Report 2004–2005, August 2005. By Michael Luger, Irwin Feller, Brent Lane (Report [DOC: 185K])

Evaluation of Maine´s Public Investments in Research and Development. (Report [PDF:1.3M]) For Maine Science and Technology Foundation. By Michael I. Luger, Irwin Feller, and Catherine Renault. October 2001.

The Economic Impact of the UNC System on the State of North Carolina. (Report [PDF:847K]) By Michael I. Luger, Jun Koo, Jonathan Perry, and Stephen Billings. July 2001.

2001 Assessment of the William S. Lee Tax Act. (Report [PDF:1.7M]) For the North Carolina Department of Commerce. By Michael I. Luger. July 2001.

The Cost/Benefits of UNC-CH to the Town of Chapel Hill: Implications for Public Finance. (Report [PDF:122K]) For the Town of Chapel Hill. By Johannes Traxler, Cassandra Callaway, and Michael I. Luger. May 1999.

The Economic Effects of the William S. Lee Tax Act. (Report [PDF:2.1M]) For the North Carolina Department of Commerce. By Michael I. Luger and Courtney Edwards. April 1999.

Bridging Sustainability and Economic Development

Sustainability North Carolina (coming soon)

Other Topics

Clusters

Best Practices in the Implementation of Cluster-Focused Strategy. (Report [PDF:179K]) For the Research Triangle Regional Partnership Future Competitiveness Initiative. By Leslie S. Stewart and Michael I. Luger. November 2003.

Tech-based Economic Development

Best Practices in Science and Technology-Based Economic Development Policy: US and Global. (Report [PDF:354K]) For the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. By Jun Koo, Michael I. Luger, and Leslie Stewart. September 1999.

North Carolina's Regions: Transitioning to the Knowledge Economy. (Report [PDF:82K]) For the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. By Leslie Stewart and Michael I. Luger. September 1999.

Knowledge-Based Economic Development: A Coordinated Approach. For the University of North Carolina General Administration. By Deborah T. Watts. March 1999.

North Carolina Innovation Index 2000. (Report [PDF:1.6M]) For the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. By Edward J. Feser and Henry Renski.

High-Tech Clusters in North Carolina, 2002. (Report [PDF:1.3M]) For the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. By Edward J. Feser, Henry Renski, and Aaron Cain.

At the Crossroads: North Carolina's Place in the Knowledge Economy of the Twenty-First Century. (Report [PDF:212K]) For the North Carolina Alliance for Competitive Technologies and North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. By Edward J. Feser, Harvey A. Goldstein, and Michael I. Luger. April 1998.

Other

Assessment of Indian Economic Development in North Carolina. (Statewide Summary [PDF:116K], Resources & Best Practices [PDF:123K], Tribe Reports) For the North Carolina Indian Economic Development Initiative. By Brenda Linton, Sylvia Pate, and Leslie Stewart. July 2003.

Improving North Carolina´s Economic Development Delivery System. (Report [PDF:285K], Appendices [PDF:413K], Policy Brief [PDF:156K]) For the North Carolina General Assembly. By Michael I. Luger and Leslie Stewart. March 2003.

Identifying Technology Infrastructure Needs in America´s Distressed Communities. (Report [PDF:2M]) For U.S. Economic Development Administration. By Michael I. Luger, Leslie Stewart, and Johannes Traxler. July 2002.

Understanding the Dimensions of Tobacco Dependency at the Community Level in North Carolina. (Report [PDF:701K]) For the NC Rural Economic Development Center. By Deborah Markley, Michael I. Luger, Leslie Stewart, and Jonathan Perry. October 2001.

Economic Development Evaluation and Monitoring System for North Carolina. (Report [PDF:526K]) For North Carolina Department of Commerce. By Catherine Renault, Leslie Stewart, and Michael I. Luger. July 2000.

Economic Restructuring Plan for Cherokee County. (Report [PDF:42K]) For Cherokee County Economic Development Commission. By Leslie Stewart, Johannes Traxler, Sam Leaman, and Mike Bryan. March 2000.

Technology Assessment for Cherokee County (Report[PDF:67K]). For Cherokee County Economic Development Commission. By Johannes Traxler, Leslie Stewart, Kadi Hodges, Sam Leaman, and Mike Bryan. December 1999.

The Hidden Problem of Worker Dislocation in North Carolina.(Report [PDF:59K]) For the North Carolina Department of Commerce. By Michael I. Luger, Lucy Gorham, and Brian Kropp. November 1999.

Displaced Workers in North Carolina: Anatomy of the Problem and Analysis of the Policy Approaches. (Report [PDF:520K]) For the North Carolina Department of Commerce. By Michael I. Luger, Lucy Gorham, and Brian Kropp. November 1999.