BERC: Goodwill has $38M impact in Rutherford

Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee annually generates wages and salaries of more than $14 million and business revenues of about $24 million in Rutherford County while placing hundreds of people into jobs, according to a report from the Business and Economic Research Center at MTSU. [Read more at DNJ]

Nashville Nonprofit Sector Economic Study

The nonprofit sector contributed $20.9 billion to the regional economy in 2011, according to a BERC study for the Center for Nonprofit Management.

[ See Tennessean article  |  download entire study pdf ]

Podcast: Tennessee Green Jobs

Murat Arik explains his recent study on green jobs in Tennessee.

[podcast]

Manufacturing Wage and Benefit Survey

Manufacturing Wage and Benefit Survey for South Central Tennessee Development District and Coffee, Franklin, and Lincoln County Industrial Development Boards [pdf]

Green Jobs Study, Job Updates, News

http://www.mtsu.edu/berc

BERC study "Green Jobs in Tennessee: Economic Impact of Selected Green Investments" for the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development:

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~berc/pdfs/greenjobs.pdf

Employment heat charts updated:

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~berc/tacir/tennesseejobs.html

BERC in the Tennessean:

"We're seeing slower job growth to the point of almost no job growth," said David Penn, an economist at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. [article]

Video Citing BERC's Nashville Health Care Study Wins Award

http://www.mtsu.edu/berc

This video developed by MTSU students citing BERC's Nashville Health Care Study won an American Marketing Association award.

New Intermodal Port in Rural Northwest Tennessee Draws Interest from Top Corporations

http://tinyurl.com/45dagyf

From Southern Business and Development: The port is projected to produce 1,700 permanent jobs and 234 part-time construction slots, and business revenues for the region are expected to increase $355 million a year due to its presence, according to BERC studies. The Northwest Tennessee Port Authority already has shepherded $33 million into the project - $5.6 million in local government investment, $5.5 million through various earlier federal sources, $500,000-plus in private funding, and $3 million in state support.

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• port study

Port of Cates Landing

"Port Authority Submits TIGER II Pre-Application"  (Dyersburg State Gazette, Aug. 12): "A new economic study of the area is being completed and shows the port would reduce poverty in the area by 30 percent.... Dr. Murat Arik's economic study ... focuses on Dyer, Lake and Obion County with a 50-mile radius impact area." [ full story ]

MTSU Economic Analysis

•  Summary  (pdf)
•  Entire Study  (2MB pdf)

Nashville Health Care Industry Impact Study

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~berc

Health Care and the Economy (Aug. 22)
Murat Arik explains his recent economic impact study on Nashville's health care industry.

• podcast
• WMOT online
• Nashville Health Care Study

Nashville Health Care Study

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~berc/nhcc2010.html

The Health Care Industry in the Nashville MSA:
Its Scope and Impact on the Regional Economy -

A new BERC study for Nashville Health Care Council

Photo of principal researcher Murat Arik © Ed Rode

Port at Cates Landing

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~berc/cateslanding.html -
Contributions of Proposed Investment in the Northwest Tennessee Regional Port at Cates Landing to the Regional Economy (Prepared for Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority, Dyersburg, TN)

Increasing Competitiveness through Strengthening Regional Industrial Clusters: Middle Tennessee Marketing Region

A study by MTSU's Business and Economic Research Center for the Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association (posted 09/25/08).

From the executive summary:

"Strategically located between Nashville (MSA), TN, and Huntsville (MSA), AL, the Middle Tennessee Marketing Region (MTM), which consists of 14 counties (Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry, Warren, and Wayne), presents tremendous business opportunities with its diverse economic structure and strong industrial base, according to a study conducted by the Business and Economic Research Center (BERC) at the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University. The study’s findings highlight the necessity of regional level leadership in leveraging existing regional assets to create a cluster-based competitive regional economy through regional-level marketing, increasing synergies between industries in target clusters and their suppliers and customers, strengthening the cluster supply-chain by diversifying target clusters, and investing in human resources.

"The BERC study was commissioned by Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association in Nashville. After reviewing the broader socioeconomic dynamics and workforce issues in the MTM region, this study identifies regional industrial clusters and provides a detailed assessment of target industry clusters to present a detailed roadmap for the competitive regional economic development initiatives."

New Rutherford Retail Study

Retail and Food Services in Rutherford County: Current Status, Trends, and Supply/Demand Balance Study (pdf)