Economic Impact or Contribution

Essays on Business and Community Relations

Murat Arik

Economic Impact or Contribution contributes to the applied regional economic literature by providing a framework for handling a diverse set of projects and providing detailed case studies of fieldwork regarding the health care industry, higher education institutions, the nonprofit sector, infrastructure investment, and a major musical entertainment event. Economic Impact or Contribution accomplishes three major tasks by answering the following questions: What are the differences between the economic concepts used in economic versus fiscal assessment studies? How can we structure an economic and business issue or challenge? How can we create a research product that helps the project’s sponsors solve their problem? This bookhas emerged as an answer to many research-related questions in dealing with regional business and economic issues and challenges.

Lexington Books

Pages: 180 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-1-4985-1695-2 • Hardback • December 2015 • $114.00 • (£88.00)

978-1-4985-1696-9 • eBook • December 2015 • $108.00 • (£83.00)

Subjects: Business & Economics / Urban & Regional, Business & Economics / Economics / Macroeconomics, Business & Economics / General

Economic Impact or Contribution

Essays on Business and Community Relations

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Summary

Economic Impact or Contribution contributes to the applied regional economic literature by providing a framework for handling a diverse set of projects and providing detailed case studies of fieldwork regarding the health care industry, higher education institutions, the nonprofit sector, infrastructure investment, and a major musical entertainment event. Economic Impact or Contribution accomplishes three major tasks by answering the following questions: What are the differences between the economic concepts used in economic versus fiscal assessment studies? How can we structure an economic and business issue or challenge? How can we create a research product that helps the project’s sponsors solve their problem? This bookhas emerged as an answer to many research-related questions in dealing with regional business and economic issues and challenges.

Details

Lexington Books

Pages: 180 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-1-4985-1695-2 • Hardback • December 2015 • $114.00 • (£88.00)

978-1-4985-1696-9 • eBook • December 2015 • $108.00 • (£83.00)

Subjects: Business & Economics / Urban & Regional, Business & Economics / Economics / Macroeconomics, Business & Economics / General

Author

Murat Arik is assistant professor of management and director of the Business and Economic Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2 Assumptions, Methods, and Concepts
Chapter 3 Health Care Industry Cluster and Regional Economy
Chapter 4 Higher Education Institutions in Middle Tennessee: An In-Depth Analysis of Their Chapter 5 The Nonprofit Sector in the Nashville MSA
Chapter 6 The Northwest Tennessee Regional Port of Cates Landing: An Economic Analysis
Chapter 7 Economic Impact of Bonnaroo Music Festival on Coffee County
Chapter 8 Recommendations from the Field

Reviews

A concise but thorough review of economic impact research with multiple full case studies of a variety of industries. This would be a useful handbook for those doing similar studies, for students, and for those interested in the interaction of different industries in regional economies and society.
— Sharon Thach, Tennessee State University

Economic Impact or Contribution

Essays on Business and Community Relations

Murat Arik

Economic Impact or Contribution

Essays on Business and Community Relations

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