Reports Library

GO Virginia Region 9, Building Stronger Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Central Virginia: Expanding GOVirginia Region 9’s Rural Ecosystem, February 2020. Available at: https://www.centralvirginia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Final-Report-Central-VA-Rural-ESHIP-Report.pdf

GO Virginia Region 9 “Venture Hub” Business Plan, 2019. Available at: https://www.centralvirginia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/MASTER-100419-Venture-Hub-Business-Plan-1.pdf

The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Agbiosciences in Indiana. March 2019 Report prepared for AgriNovus Indiana. https://www.agrinovusindiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/EE-Study-Full-Report-FINAL-1.pdf

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems In Appalachia: A series of reports and data tools related to entrepreneurship in the 13 state region served by the Appalachian Regional Commission.

A Comprehensive Assessment of Military Installations and Impacts in Pennsylvania:  A deep dive into the economic impacts of Pennsylvania’s thirteen major military installations.

Igniting Rural Entrepreneurship: Where do Workforce Development Programs Fit In: Erik Pages of EntreWorks Consulting contributed this chapter to a new book series entitled Investing in America’s Workforce.

Stronger Economies in Coal Reliant Places: A Snapshot of NACo and NADO’s Techical Assistance Efforts in Appalachia, October 2016- July 2017.

Lessons from the Coal Industry Transition: IEDC Economic Development Journal, Winter 2017.

Investing in Appalachia’s Future: The Appalachian Regional Commission’s Five Year Strategic Plan for Capitalizing on Appalachia’s Opportunities, 2016-2020.

Lakeshore Wisconsin Manufacturing Supply Chain: EntreWorks Consulting recently developed a manufacturing supply chain analysis and database for a five county region in Northeast Wisconsin.

A Local Officials Guide to Defense Industry Adjustment, Report Prepared for the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment, 2013.

Ride to Prosperity 2013:  An Economic Development Strategy for Greater Reading and Berks County (PA),  June 2013.

The Emerging U.S. Rail Industry:  Opportunities to Support Manufacturing and Spur Regional Development.  Report prepared for the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership, October 2013.

Our Manufacturing Future: Toward a More Prosperous Future in Rural North Carolina prepared by the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, 2013.

The Forgotten Fifth? Understanding and Supporting your Community’s Independent Workforce. IEDC Economic Development Journal, Summer 2012

Career Pathway and Cluster Skill Development: Promising Models from the US. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Report, 2012

The Role of Middle Skill Jobs in Maine’s Innovation Economy, February 2012

“Benchmarking Innovation:  How to Build a Regional Innovation Index,” IEDC Economic Development Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, Winter 2009.

“What Do We Know about Retiree Attraction Strategies?” Applied Research in Economic Development, Vol. 5, No. 3, December 2008.

Erik R. Pages reviewed A Future of Good Jobs: America’s Challenge in the Global Economy in the October 2008 issue of Applied Research in Economic Development. You can access the review here.

The Aspen Institute’s Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group recently released the report, Youth Entrepreneurship Education in America: A Policymaker’s Action Guide. EntreWorks Consulting supported the development of this report.

“Supporting Rural Entrepreneurship: What Can States Do?” appeared in the Winter 2006 edition of Economic Development America, a professional journal of the US Economic Development Administration.