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Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 2001
The Northwest Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center's "wood cluster initiative" illustrates the benefits of rural business clusters. The initiative is turning a loose grouping of timber and forest-product firms into a competitive system by providing technical assistance, helping businesses plan and conduct job training programs,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Industrial Education, Job Training
Download full textBernstein, Melvin H. – 1986
Connections between higher education and state governments to promote economic development are discussed, including a regional economic development project in New England, and four partnerships between higher education and the state in Georgia, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. International examples from France, Great Britain, Russia, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Programs, Economic Climate, Economic Development
