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Industry Structure and Company Strategies of Major Domestic and Foreign Wind and Solar Energy Manufacturers: Opportunities for Supply Chain Development in Appalachia

          This report presents results from a study of the status of the solar- and wind-energy industries in the Appalachian Region and the challenges firms and state governments face in preparing for and competing in these rapidly emerging industries.
    
    
    
    
          ReportCreating an Entrepreneurial Appalachian Region: Findings and Lessons from an Evaluation of the ARC’s Entrepreneurship Initiative 1997-2005

          An evaluation of ARC's Entrepreneurial Initiative in terms both of outcomes achieved by a sample of funded projects and of broader policy impacts across the region.
    
    
    
    
          ReportThe Upskilling of Appalachia: Earnings and the Improvement of Skill Levels, 1960 — 2000

          This report examines the improvement of Appalachia’s economic fortunes relative to those in rest of the country since 1960—particularly among men and women of prime working age (ages 25 to 64).
    
    
    
    
          ReportAccess to Capital and Credit for Small Businesses in Appalachia

          This April 2007 report provides an assessment of the access to capital and credit for small business in the Appalachian Region.
    
    
    
    
          ReportSources of Regional Growth in Non-Metro Appalachia

          The Sources of Growth project is part of a series of research efforts funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission to improve understanding of factors affecting economic growth in rural and distressed areas.
    
    
    
    
          ReportDisplacement in Appalachia and the Non-Appalachian United States, 1993-2003: Findings Based on Five Displaced Worker Surveys

          This report looks at worker displacement in the Appalachian Region during the past decade.
    
    
    
    
          ReportAssessing the Impact of Trade Liberalization on Import-Competing Industries in the Appalachian Region

          This report details the significant pressure Appalachian manufacturing will face from import competition over the near and medium term and the relatively larger industrial and community adjustments that the Region faces compared to the rest of the US.
    
    
    
    
          ReportCreating Regional Advantage in Appalachia: Towards a Strategic Response to Global Economic Restructuring

          This report documents the findings of field research in seven Appalachian states on responses to worker displacement and economic restructuring. The seven states are New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Georgia.
    
    
    
    
          ReportUnderemployment in Appalachia and the Rest of the United States

          This data brief contains estimates of underemployment in Appalachia by state and by demographic group for each year from 1996 to 2004. These estimates are derived from the Current Population Survey (CPS).
    
    
    
    
          ReportAnalysis of Global Competitiveness of Selected Industries and Clusters in the Appalachian Region

          Report #1 in a series of transportation and trade studies of the Appalachian Region...
    
    
    
    
          ReportThe Appalachian Economy, Establishment and Employment Dynamics, 1982-1997: Evidence from the Longitudinal Business Database

          This report describes the Appalachian Region's economy in terms of the entry and exit of establishments and their wage and employment dynamics and to compare these to the rest of the U.S. economy from 1982 to 1997.
    
    
    
    
          ReportRegional Technology Assets and Opportunities: The Geographic Clustering of High-Tech Industry, Science and Innovation in Appalachia

          This study identifies sub-regional concentrations of businesses, universities, colleges, and labs that involve technology-related employment, R&D, and applied innovation within and adjacent to ARC's 406 counties.
    
    
    
    
          ReportEvaluation of the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Vocational Education and Workforce Training Projects

          This study examined 92 projects, including workforce and displaced-worker training, vocational education, apprenticeships, and basic and adult literacy projects that were started and completed during the 1995–2000 period.
    
    
    
    
          ReportAnalysis of Business Formation, Survival, and Attrition Rates of New and Existing Firms and Related Job Flows in Appalachia

          A longitudinal economic analysis of business formation, survival, and attrition rates for new and existing firms.
    
    
    
    
          ReportAn Assessment of Labor Force Participation Rates and Underemployment in Appalachia

          This study provides county-level measures of labor force participation and underemployment rates for the years 1993 to 1998.
    
    
    
    
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