Industry Targeting/Industry Clusters Workshop
Draft Research Papers and Slide Shows

Orlando, FL, December 2-3, 2004.

The workshop was sponsored by the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, Penn State University, in collaboration with Regional Project NE-1011 and the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI)
I. Introduction, Theory and State Specific Models
1.1 Introduction [slide show]
1.2 Industry Targeting Analysis: Theoretical Underpinning and Practical Application, David Hughes [paper] [slide show]
1.3 Projecting the Probability of New Industry at the County Level: The Kansas Industry Targeting System, John Leatherman [slide show]
1.4 Overview of WRDC Community Business Matching Model, Thomas Harris
[slide show]
1.5 Targeting Industry Clusters for Regional Economic Development: An Overview of the REDRL Approach, David L. Barkley and Mark S. Henry [paper]
II Empirical Issues, Alternatives, Impacts and Critique
2.1 Alternatives for Identifying Agricultural and Food Industry Clusters in the Northeast, Stephan Goetz, Martin Shields and Cindy Wang [paper] [slide show]
2.2 Intra-Cluster Dynamics in Pennsylvania's Food Manufacturing Industry Cluster,
Martin Shields [slide show]
2.3 Effects of Industry Agglomeration on Indicators of Growth and Development
in Maine, Todd M. Gabe [paper] [slide show]
2.4 Revisiting Industry Cluster Theory and Method For Use in Public Policy: An Example Identifying Supplier-Based Clusters in Missouri, David J. Peters [paper]
2.5 Porter's Cluster Strategy Versus Industrial Targeting, Doug Woodward [paper]
2.6 Cluster, Import Substitution and Industry Targeting for Local Communities: An Application using IMPLAN, Steven Deller [slide show]
2.7 Overview of Past Targeting Studies, Tom Harris [slide show]
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