Studies: MTIDA
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Increasing Competitiveness through Strengthening Regional Industrial Clusters: Middle Tennessee Marketing Region
- I.1. Region in Transition
- I.2. Goals
- I.3. Research Questions
- I.4. Organization of the Presentation
- II.1. Conceptual Framework
- II.2. Methods of Inquiry
- II.3. Data
- III.1. Overview
- III.2. Socioeconomic Dynamics from a Comparative Perspective
- III.3. Detailed Regional Dynamics
- III.4. Workforce Availability: Labor Force, Unemployment, and Underemployment
- III.5. Assessing Regional Economic Vulnerability: Vitality, Autonomy, and Economic Diversity
- III.6. A General Assessment of Plant Closing, Relocation, and Consolidation in Tennessee
- IV.1. Overview
- IV.2. Literature Review
- IV.3. Conceptual Framework
- IV.4. Input-Output Model
- IV.5. Regional Stakeholder Interviews: A Historical Perspective on Regional Industry Clusters and Issues
- IV.6. Regional Stakeholder Surveys: Survey-Based Industry Clusters and Assessment of Factor Conditions in the MTM Region
- IV.7. Model-Driven Regional Clusters and Their Alignment with the National Cluster Template
- Chapter III: Regional Economic Diversity (pdf, ppt)
- Chapter III: Underemployment (pdf, ppt)
- Chapter IV: Business Interview Results (pdf, ppt)
- Chapter IV: Business Survey Results (pdf, ppt)
- Chapter VI: Commodity Imports by Cluster (pdf, ppt)
- Chapter VI: Gaps in Clusters (pdf, ppt)
- Chapter VI: Linkages between Regional Clusters and National Technology Clusters (pdf, ppt)
- Final Study Presentation (pdf, ppt)
For the Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association (September 25, 2008)
II. Conceptual Framework, Methods, and Data
III. Understanding and Analyzing Regional Socioeconomic Dynamics
IV. Identifying and Analyzing Regional Clusters in the MTM Region
V. Cluster Indicators in the MTM Region
VI. From Regional Clusters to Target Clusters in the MTM Region
VII. Study Recommendations and Future Directions
VIII. Data Sources and References
IX. Appendices: Presentations
X. The Complete Study (14 MB pdf)
