Economic Impact or Contribution: Essays on Business and Community Relations

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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 projects sponsors solve their problem This book has emerged as an answer to many research-related questions in dealing with regional business and economic issues and challenges.

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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

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