Linking industry and occupation clusters in regional economic development

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-35

  Nolan, Christine ^a   Morrison, Ed ^a   Kumar, Indraneel ^a   Galloway, Hamilton ^b   Cordes, Sam ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Economic Modeling Specialists Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; cluster mapping; economic development; Economic Development Administration (EDA); industry cluster; knowledge occupations; location quotient; O*NET; occupation cluster; Ward's algorithm; workforce development

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MAPPING; OCCUPATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650697133     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242410386781     Document Type: Article

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