The Business and Economic Research Center (BERC), Middle Tennessee State University, conducted a wage and benefit survey of the manufacturing sector in Coffee, Franklin, and Lincoln counties between April and May 2011. The wage and benefit survey was sponsored by the South Central Tennessee...

The term green jobs has been widely used to describe jobs in businesses that are particularly related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, or environmental sustainability. The Business and Economic Research Center has partnered with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development...

Located in northwest Tennessee, the proposed infrastructural development of the Port of Cates Landing will alter economic dynamics in the three-county region (Dyer, Lake, and Obion). The proposed infrastructure investment of $20 million in the Port of Cates Landing will create a truly intermodal...

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

Middle Tennessee is growing rapidly: two Midstate counties rank among the top 100 counties nationally for population growth, and Rutherford County ranks at the top nationally among other large counties for payroll employment growth. Middle Tennessee is growing, but what are the implications for...

Some recent studies suggest narrowly defined economic growth is the key to reducing the infant mortality rate. A host of new studies emerged in reaction to this assertion. These new studies emphasize the role of increased health expenditures in reducing infant mortality rates. Analyzing the...