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The EntreWorks team and our friends and colleagues have produced a number of interesting studies and research on effective economic development strategies. Here's a sampling of some of the latest work. If you have questions or need additional information, please send us a note at info@entreworks.net
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E-Book on the Stimulus and SBA, EntreWorks’ Erik Pages recently contributed to an E-book that examined how the stimulus package and other Obama Administration initiatives will affect the marketplace for small businesses. To access the book, click here.

Maine Comprehensive R&D Evaluation:  2008, Report Prepared for Maine Office of Innovation, January 2009. To access, please click here.

Maine Comprehensive Economic Development Evaluation:  2008, Report Prepared for Maine Office of Innovation, March 2009. To access, please click here.

“Benchmarking Innovation:  How to Build a Regional Innovation Index,” IEDC Economic Development Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, Winter 2009. To access, please click here.

“Policymaking in a Time of Transition:  Economic Development in the New Obama Administration,” Local Economy (UK), Vol. 24, No. 2, March 2009. To access, please click here.

“What Do We Know about Retiree Attraction Strategies?” Applied Research in Economic Development, Vol. 5, No. 3, December 2008. To access, please click here.

Erik R. Pages reviewed A Future of Good Jobs: America’s Challenge in the Global Economy in the October 2008 issue of Applied Research in Economic Development. You can access the review here.
The Aspen Institute’s Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group recently released the report, Youth Entrepreneurship Education in America: A Policymaker’s Action Guide. EntreWorks Consulting supported the development of this report, and it can be accessed here.
“Creating an Entrepreneurial Appalachian Region: Findings and Lessons from an Evaluation of the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, 1997-2005.” Prepared for the Appalachian Regional Commission. Full report is available here; executive summary is available here.
“Federal Policies that Need Attention” by EntreWorks’ Erik R. Pagesappeared in the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Community College Entrepreneur. You can access the journal here.
“Fueling Your Business in North Carolina: A Guide to Financing for Small Business.” Prepared for the North Carolina Rural Entrepreneurship Development Systems Project. While this guide contains a lot of North Carolina-specific materials, it will be helpful for anyone working with small business owners who are seeking capital to start or grow business. To access the report, click here.
“Lessons in Self-Made Success,” co-authored by Erik Pages and Stu Rosenfeld, appeared in December 2007/January 2008 edition of Community College Journal. To access the report, click here.
“Navigating Business Services in North Carolina,” Research a February 2007 report prepared for the North Carolina Business Resource Alliance. To access the report, click here:
Erik R. Pages recently presented testimony to the House of Representatives on the issue of “The State of Economic Development.” His testimony can be accessed here.
"Hello, My Business Name Is . . .:”  A Guide to Building Entrepreneurial Networks in North Carolina .  (Research Triangle Park, NC:  Council for Entrepreneurial Development, September 2006). It is available here.
“Supporting Rural Entrepreneurship: What Can States Do?” appeared in the Winter 2006 edition of Economic Development America, a professional journal of the US Economic Development Administration. It is available here.
“Entrepreneurship Education is Not Just about Business,” appeared in the Winter 2006 edition of Trustee Quarterly, the professional journal of the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). It is available here.

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