The call center industry has undergone major geographic shifts over the last decade. But the states that have seen the greatest call center declines have the strongest economies in the U.S.
May. 14, 2013 | Posted by Joshua WrightPosts Tagged ‘Economic Development’
How Troy University Uses EMSI To Help Alabama Communities with Economic Development
With Analyst, EMSI’s data research tool, Troy University’s Center for International Business and Economic Development spreads integral labor market information to practitioners throughout Alabama more efficiently and with less fuss than it could before.
Apr. 8, 2013 | Posted by Joshua WrightOklahoma Establishes Statewide Economic Development Strategy After In-Depth Data Analysis
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has unveiled a long-term economic development plan that focuses on wealth-generating, job-producing industries. The foundation for the strategy was an exhaustive data analysis – a months-long process that was simplified using EMSI.
Mar. 14, 2013 | Posted by Joshua WrightEMSI Data Featured on Florida Power & Light’s PoweringFlorida.com
Florida Power & Light announced this week the release of PoweringFlorida.com — an online resource billed as a one-stop shop for site selectors and a free market resource center for local economic development organizations in Florida.
Jan. 31, 2013 | Posted by Joshua WrightRegions in Focus – Kitchener, Ontario
EMSI recently released Analyst for Canada, a web-based labour market research tool perfect for community and public colleges interested in evaluating the workforces of their communities and surrounding areas. We take a look at Kitchener, Ontario, home to Conestoga College.
Jan. 22, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensEMSI for Economic Developers, Part 2: Analyzing Industry Clusters, Supply Chains & Talent Gaps
In this best practice, Kim Frazier and John Owen of the Dayton Development Coalition delve into how they perform some of the most challenging components that EDCs encounter with regional economic analysis.
Jan. 7, 2013 | Posted by Joshua WrightUsing Data for Regional Growth: A Case Study from an Urban-Rural Region in Washington State
The Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Area is home to the state capital, rich forestland, and other prized assets. But leaders there have not always fully understood how to use or prioritize those assets as part of a regional workforce/economic development strategy. A data-driven targeted industry study changed all that.
Dec. 17, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightEMSI for Economic Developers, Part 1: Using Analyst for Site Selection Requests
This is the first in a series of articles on using EMSI’s Analyst for economic development in conjunction with the Dayton Development Coalition, a regional economic development and advocacy organization that serves a 14-county region centered in Dayton, Ohio.
Nov. 5, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightWest Michigan Economic Development Organization Values EMSI for Workforce Research & Analysis
The Right Place, Inc. often fields questions from site selectors and regional businesses on the Western Michigan economy. For many of its answers, it turns to EMSI. Read the details in this EMSI case study.
Sep. 25, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightFind Emerging Industries Using Analyst
This video demonstrates how to use “location quotient” to find specialized industries making a splash in your region.
Jul. 9, 2012 | Posted by Josh StevensonU.S. Chamber’s ‘Enterprising States’ Report Loaded with EMSI Data
For the third straight year, Praxis Strategy Group and Joel Kotkin have partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to produce a data-rich report on the top-performing states for job growth, innovation and entrepreneurship, taxes and regulation, infrastructure, and a host of other metrics.
Jun. 15, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightEMSI Helps Osceola County Identify Targeted Industries to Maximize Job Growth
EMSI has been working with Osceola County on a major targeted industry identification analysis that combines concrete data with qualitative information from the community to strengthen the county’s economic development efforts. Today Osceola County announced the list of targeted clusters it selected.
May. 29, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightHow To Video: Finding the Value of an Industry
How many jobs and what amount of earnings does any industry in your region support? Watch a video about finding this information in the Input/Output tool in Analyst 3.
Dec. 15, 2011 | Posted by Josh StevensonHow To Video: Deleting Jobs in Input/Output
How do you make a case for keeping an employer in your region? Use Input/Output to show the full range of effects on the regional economy. Watch a video demonstrating how to do this in Analyst 3.
Dec. 14, 2011 | Posted by Josh StevensonHow To Video: Adding Jobs to an Industry in the I/O
What can you do with an Input/Output report? This video shows you the most basic application for I/O.
Dec. 8, 2011 | Posted by Josh StevensonHow To Video: Use Regional Requirements
Watch a video about how to run a regional requirements report for your region, and find where your economy lets money leak out.
Dec. 2, 2011 | Posted by Josh StevensonClusters in the Milwaukee 7 Region
The water cluster in the M-7 region is perhaps the most well-known at this point, but there are others — food, medical technology, innovation, financial services, the creative economy, etc. Each has made strides in the last two to three years.
Nov. 29, 2011 | Posted by Joshua WrightEMSI Conference Recap
Last week EMSI held its first annual user conference in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, which is 90 minutes north of the company headquarters in Moscow, Idaho. We had a wonderful time and really enjoyed being able to connect with clients.
Oct. 5, 2011 | Posted by Rob SentzEconomic Analysis Proves Key to New York Islanders’ Stadium Issue
Case Study: Camoin Associates, a private and public sector economic development firm based in Saratoga Springs, New York, was brought in by Nassau County to analyze the impact of a $350 arena deal that could help keep the New York Islanders from leaving.
Jul. 15, 2011 | Posted by Joshua WrightFlorida’s Research Coast Serves as Model of Regional Collaboration
Economic and workforce developers, businesses, and colleges in southeast Florida have come together to strengthen their regional economy. In the process, Florida’s new governor and the U.S. Department of Labor have taken notice.
Jun. 21, 2011 | Posted by Joshua WrightCreativity in Oklahoma: A New Report By the State Using EMSI
The report, crafted by Commerce Department’s research staff, uses EMSI Data to show creative occupations have performed stronger than other jobs, regardless of the state of the economy as a whole.
May. 9, 2011 | Posted by Joshua WrightOklahoma Department of Commerce Gives a More Complete View of Labor Market with EMSI
More and more recently, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce has produced workforce profiles that are an important resource to its partners across Oklahoma. And when choosing which data to highlight and analyze in the profiles, Commerce often turns to EMSI to give a more comprehensive picture of the regional workforce.
May. 3, 2011 | Posted by Joshua WrightIKEAconomics
In 2008 IKEA was looking for a place to build a new manufacturing facility that would staff 300-plus workers. Danville, Virginia did its best to convince IKEA that it was the right place. IKEA eventually settled in Danville, but now, apparently, the honeymoon is over.
Apr. 13, 2011 | Posted by Rob SentzTargeted Industry Analysis Helps Wisconsin EDC With Business Expansion, Attraction
Since last year the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation has winnowed its research to seven targeted industry clusters. For each, researchers there used EMSI as one of the key tools to catalog the specific industries in each group and identify gaps in supply chains.
Apr. 8, 2011 | Posted by Joshua WrightCase Study: Consultants Use EMSI Data to Analyze Milwaukee’s Creative Economy
Mt. Auburn Associates has set itself apart from other creative-economy consultants in the last decade. And increasingly, the Massachusetts-based consulting firm has valued EMSI’s comprehensive employment data and flexible data research tool as key elements of its analysis.
Feb. 17, 2011 | Posted by Joshua WrightOutsourcing Economic Development
Last week The Wall Street Journal chronicled a burgeoning trend in states with conservative governors or legislatures — outsourcing economic development to the private sector.
Feb. 2, 2011 | Posted by Joshua WrightEMSI Assesses Impact of North Dakota State Research Park
Stretched across 55 acres at North Dakota State University in Fargo, the Research and Technology Park (RTP) serves as an incubator for 19 businesses. Late last year, officials at RTP asked EMSI to assess the park’s economic impact to the Fargo area and North Dakota economy.
Jan. 5, 2011 | Posted by Joshua WrightUsing Input-Output to Measure the Impact of Development
As part of a multidisciplinary facility planning process, the Eastern Maine Development Corporation commissioned Camoin Associates, Policy One Research, and Perry & Banks Marketing to assess the economic impact that a new arena and conference center would have on the City of Bangor, ME and Penobscot County.
Nov. 11, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightNew Paper Sheds Light on Reemergence of Regional Clusters
Two directors of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution have released a new paper on regional innovation clusters. The paper, entitled, “The New ‘Cluster Moment’: How Regional Innovation Clusters Can Foster the Next Economy,” discusses the reemergence of cluster-based economic development.
Sep. 21, 2010 | Posted by Joshua WrightA Shift in Focus for Economic Developers?
With little or no job growth, how should economic developers measure success? William Fulton addresses that question in the September issue of Governing Magazine.
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