business or industry classification systems:

Use the search engine above to Google the Web for: definition of business "industry classification" (copy and paste the italicized text not linked, keeping quotation marks intact). The Enterprise and Economic Development Library, Business Section provides access to the Dartmouth College Library, Guide to Business Services, resource page that has links to ...

Eurostat's Classifications Server / European Union Europa website [advanced search]

International classification systems / UN (United Nations) classifications

MICS Market Industry Classifications / ...

GICS collaboration between Standard & Poor's and Morgan Stanley Capital International

ICB a Dow Jones Indexes and FTSE creation

United States Department of Labor / Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System

Unites States Census Bureau / NAICS (North America Industrial Classification System)

See business classifications in the .network glossary

See enterprise classification in the .network glossary

See industry classifications in the .network glossary

standard industry classifications:

An article in the original newsletter addressed sources of location data. The .network Economic Development.net website now displays the article's core resource which was descriptions of various types of information providers that support location work.

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occupational titles:

See http://www.oalj.dol.gov/libdot.htm (US Labor Department) for information about occupational titles. To help you find additional information we used the search tool at the top of this page to Google for the keyword combination occupational titles. Among the resources we found was a Dictionary Of Occupational Titles Index. The source of the dictionary is Theordora.com, a website that also has information about SIC codes and immigration.

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community:

... as a category of location data found in, for example a community profile, a heading for a a general description of a place or comments about social qualities that gives it livability. See the definition of community in the Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary. The term community development is implied when the word is used in community, enterprise and economic development, an expression of three processes seen as moving along together.

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education and training:

... a combination of categories of location data. See comments about education as a location data element. Training and workforce go together. Education and training may appear as a combined item of a community profile, for example, when a community college has a technical school component or is classified as a technical college. A community college system is made up of government funded junior colleges, generally without residential facilities available for students because they primarily function in local economies.

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trade school ... a teaching and training institution for students wanting to learn a vocation.

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technical training:

... is the process of readying someone within a labor force for an acceptable standard of technical proficiency by practice and instruction; a category of location data.

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livability:

... a category of location data often published as an expression such as community livability, high livability or livability appeal. It refers to the satisfaction that residents have for the environment and social qualities that exist in the area where they live. That satisfaction is typically with safety and security, healthiness of the environment, neighborliness and social interaction, recreation and entertainment, overall attractiveness, and unique attributes that would seem to contributes to happiness are what residents value about living in an area. From the standpoint of promoting the economic development of a location, this definition of livability implies that it has a marketable attractiveness. From the standpoint of site selection livability means that a location appeals to people on the outside; i.e., they would be satisfied if they moved there.

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American Community Network / Bizsites:

ACN operated as a data broker but no longer existsmore about data brokers.

See BizesitesDATA.com. Bizsites.com (business sites dotcom) was used by defunct magazine, Plants Sites & Parksmore from Mondotimes.com.

Bizsites has passed from one data broker to another over time and used to promote the availability of location data for site selectors. We trace its first use back to a fellow named Marc Bailey at ACN. Bailey's last know connection to the business of enterprise and economic development was with FieldMedia.

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REMI:

Regional Economic Models, Inc. is an Amherst, MA, research firm that studies questions about the effect of policy initiatives on the economy of local regions. Jack Tomasik of the Maricopa Association of Governments in Phoenix, AZ, says ... (REMI) is the best regional projections and impact analysis model in existence, has an excellent model structure that is based on Keynesian economics. Tomasik is a participant in The Networkwebpage. (about .network participation)

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Keynesian Economics:

This resource item was originally opened with a glossary of historic terms published by David Koeller, North Park University/Chicago; however, the URL address string http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/Glossary/Glossary.html now produces only a file-not-found message. The Resource Report solution to the problem is to search the Web for glossary Keynesian Economics terms in order to provide you with choice to find out about the work of John Maynard Keynes. He created what is known in economics as the Keynesian Revolution.

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E.D.G.E.:

After their posting here, Economic Development Growth and Education Group links were discovered to be broken for John Hartman, Durango, CO, .com websites: Economic Growth Network, Global Trade Index and Global Aid. At the time they were suggested as resource listings EDGE had a ... mission is to develop sophisticated searchable databases.

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The World Factbook:

... has information about countries. It's published online by the US CIA and can be accessed through the .network librarylook under general tools and guides in the reference materials section. Also, for your information, the area development section of Economic Development.net opens to a global list of countries. Area Development is designed for you to select a country of interest, then use the step-through process to search for contacts in position to provide information about locations seeking economic development. The ideal situation would be to have each country's name linked but, unfortunately, that's not the case. Should you see a country file name not linked or you otherwise search for a location without satisfaction, you can send an anonymous email to request that we act to provide appropriate assistance as a free service. Look over the email instructions to understand why we offer to do this for you

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* Information Technology Associates operates http://www.theodora.com. The website has files of flags around the world and country profiles compiled compiles from the The World Factbook. Another Theodora.com file lists two-letter abbreviation of countries; however, the website you are using has the same information available as a part of the .network Area Development Directory.

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The National Academy of Sciences (USA) offers a review of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (1980)http://www.nap.edu/books/0309030935/html.

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