NEW FROM THE INSTITUTE
| 2020
Economic Growth Institute completes study: Understanding the Middle-Skill Workforce in the Connected & Automated Vehicle Sector
The Economic Growth Institute was funded by American Center for Mobility and Ralph Wilson Foundation to research the emerging workforce skills and related gaps for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs). This research report explores the workforce supporting CAVs in Southeast Michigan, specifically looking at the development and evolution of middle-skill jobs. Middle-skill jobs are classified as jobs that require more skills and experience than a high school education provides, but less than a four-year degree. Within the CAV sector technicians comprise the majority of middle-skill jobs, and the bulk of this research report explores the workforce supporting CAVs in Southeast Michigan.
| 2020
Economic Growth Institute completes study of best practices that support ethnic commercial corridors
The Economic Growth Institute partnered with the City of Hamtramck and the Taubman College’s Michigan Engaging Community program in an evaluation of selected ethnic commercial corridors throughout the United States. The study benchmarked these commercial corridors for Hamtramck leaders so they could assess this type of economic development along with the needed support from institutions, businesses and community members.
| 2019
Economic Growth Institute completes federal study to examine university lab-to-market best practices
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selected the University of Michigan’s Economic Growth Institute to study successful technology commercialization practices at public doctoral universities.
The NIST-funded study explores the technology partnerships at universities that have received the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) Universities designation. The IEP designation recognizes institutions for their contributions to regional economic development.
| 2018
Program Designed to Secure the Defense Supply Chain is Innovative and Capable of Supporting the Needs of our Military
Midwest communities and the defense supply chain companies that are located in them are economically intertwined. The Midwest’s manufacturing supply chain is embracing the challenge of scaling production up to meet the technical and production demands in support of national defense. As our warfighters prepare to combat new, emerging adversaries, it is of paramount importance that our supply chain deliver what is necessary to secure our sustained military dominance. This new reality is a stark contrast from earlier this decade when the United States began the process of reducing troop levels in two conflict regions: Iraq and Afghanistan. Sequestration meant that a reduction in troops coincided with a reduction in all that is required to support a larger military force. [Download the paper to see more]
| 2017
The authors review research on the destabilizing effects of defense department reallocations at the firm and community levels, with the intent to inform current intervention policy for assisting firms and regions dependent on defense spending and to lay the groundwork for evaluative research.
ALL PUBLICATIONS
| 2020
Understanding the Middle-Skill Workforce in the Connected & Automated Vehicle Sector
Economic Growth Institute completes study: Understanding the Middle-Skill Workforce in the Connected & Automated Vehicle Sector The Economic Growth Institute was funded by American Center for Mobility and Ralph Wilson Foundation to research the emerging workforce skills and related gaps for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs). This research report explores the workforce supporting CAVs in
| 2020
A Qualitative Comparative Study of Ethnic Commercial Corridors
Economic Growth Institute completes study of best practices that support ethnic commercial corridors The Economic Growth Institute partnered with the City of Hamtramck and the Taubman College’s Michigan Engaging Community program in an evaluation of selected ethnic commercial corridors throughout the United States. The study benchmarked these commercial corridors for Hamtramck leaders so they could
| 2019
Maximizing innovation and technology commercialization of federal research investments
Economic Growth Institute completes federal study to examine university lab-to-market best practices The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selected the University of Michigan’s Economic Growth Institute to study successful technology commercialization practices at public doctoral universities. The NIST-funded study explores the technology partnerships at universities that have received the Association of
| 2018
SUSTAINING THE DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN
Program Designed to Secure the Defense Supply Chain is Innovative and Capable of Supporting the Needs of our Military Midwest communities and the defense supply chain companies that are located in them are economically intertwined. The Midwest’s manufacturing supply chain is embracing the challenge of scaling production up to meet the technical and production demands
| 2017
Contending With Defense Industry Reallocations: A Literature Review of Relevant Factors
The authors review research on the destabilizing effects of defense department reallocations at the firm and community levels, with the intent to inform current intervention policy for assisting firms and regions dependent on defense spending and to lay the groundwork for evaluative research.