industry classifications:

According to the US Census Bureau NAICS webfile the North American Industry Classification System is a joint development between Canada, Mexico, and the US. The file links to other resources of the Census Bureau. It gives instructions for obtaining the NAICS Manual and announces The North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) which is focused on service industry and manufacturing products.

See business classifications in the .network glossary

See enterprise classification in the .network glossary

See industry classifications in the .network glossary

See the SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) link below.

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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Economic Development Growth and Education Group:

E.D.G.E links removed re file not found: http://www.globalaid.com and file not found: http://www.economicgrowthnetwork.com. John Hartman of Durango, CO (USA) reported websites and EDGE (economic development consultants) in 2003 as having a ...mission is to develop sophisticated searchable databases. Current status of Globalaid.com, EconomicGrowthNetwork.com and EDGE unknown. Apparently EDGE Group no longer exists as originally announced.

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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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Economic Development Growth and Education Group:

E.D.G.E links removed re file not found: http://www.globalaid.com and file not found: http://www.economicgrowthnetwork.com. John Hartman of Durango, CO (USA) reported websites and EDGE (economic development consultants) in 2003 as having a ...mission is to develop sophisticated searchable databases. Current status of Globalaid.com, EconomicGrowthNetwork.com and EDGE unknown. Apparently EDGE Group no longer exists as originally announced.

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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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