This report summarizes the economic and fiscal impacts of the Greenville Hospital System (GHS) on Greenville County and the South Carolina Upstate (Greenville, Anderson, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg counties). In 2000, GHS had operating revenues, net of adjustments for charity and...

Industry targeting is the process of docusing industrial development programs and efforts at specific industries or clusters of related industries. The principal objectives of a industry targeting program is to identify: (1) industries that have a high potential for locating in the area, and (2)...

Employment growth is a primary economic development goal of most small communities. More jobs generally mean more residents, more spending at local businesses, and more tax revenues for local governments. Thus job growth permits the expansion and improvement of public goods and services, leading...

This paper summarizes recent employment and earnings trends in South Carolina and reviews changes in the competitive environment that may impact future employment opportunities and earnings for the state's workers. The new competitive environment is characterized by greater global competition, a...

The South Carolina counties classified as coastal are Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Horry and Jasper. These eight counties comprise the coastal zone management region of the Ocean and Coastal Resource Management division of the S.C. Department of Health and...

A statistical procedure for detecting "contagious" location patterns for manufacturing establishments is presented. Manufacturing industries' establishment clustering tendencies are ranked based on the "dispersion parameter" of the negative binomial distribution. Establishment data are for...

Industry targeting is the process of focusing industrial development programs and efforts at specific industries or clusters of related industries. An industry targeting program identifies industries for which the region offers a competitive advantage in terms of labor availability and skills,...