FYI: A Select Bibliography
		from the Theobald Legislative Library

Publications on State Labor Trends Available From the LRB Library

Compiled by Arden Rice, January 26, 2005

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“‘Best Places’: Interurban Competition, Quality of Life and Popular Media Discourse”,Eugene J. McCann, Urban Studies, September 2004, v. 41, issue 10, p. 1909, 21 p. “Explores relationships between the politics of urban competitiveness and popular media discourse about the ‘good life’ and ‘good places’.”

A Brain Gain Best Practice: Young Professionals of Milwaukee Success Story, From 0−2,600 in 26 Months, , Shelley Jurewicz, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, 2003. (UWSystem/EconSumt/2003/b) (noncirculating) www.wisconsin.edu/summit/papers/YPMEconomicSummitIVWhitePaper.pdf

“Business Climate Rankings”, Steven C. Deller, University of WisconsinExtension, Center for Community and Economic Development, Community Economics, no. 338, December 2004. (UW/Ext/c) (noncirculating) www.aae.wisc.edu/www/pub/cenews/

Draining Away: Who Is Leaving the State? Where Are They Going? A Report from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, James Isaac Brannon and M. Kevin McGee, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, 2001. (331.12/W752) www.wpri.org/Reports/Volume14/Vol14no5.pdf

Entrepreneurship: A Keystone of Wisconsin’s New Economy, Erica Kauten, Small Business Development Center, University of Wisconsin-Extension, 2000. (UWSystem/EconSumt/2000/e) (noncirculating) www.wisconsin.edu/summit/archive/2000/papers/pdf/kauten.pdf This paper draws on the findings and conclusions of the Entrepreneurial Network Study 1999 conducted by the Small Business Development Center and the Dept. of Commerce.

Impacting Wisconsin’s Economic Development Through Entrepreneurship: Executive Summary and Lessons for Communities,  Erica Kauten, Small Business Development Center, University of Wisconsin-Extension, 2002. (UWSystem/EconSumt/2002/i) (noncirculating) www.wisconsin.edu/summit/archive/2002/papers/kauten.pdf

Moving from Entrepreneurship Utopianism to Entrepreneurship “Topianism”: Improving the Climate for Entrepreneurship in Wisconsin,Dr. Robert W. Pricer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business, 2000. (UWSystem/EconSumt/2000/m) (noncirculating) www.wisconsin.edu/summit/archive/2000/papers/pdf/pricer.pdf

Technopole Milwaukee: Construction of an Innovative Milieu, Jim Dicker and Gil Snyder, University of WisconsinMilwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, 2000. (UWSystem/EconSumt/2000/t) (noncirculating) www.wisconsin.edu/summit/archive/2000/papers/pdf/dicker.pdf

 Related Web Sites

www.kiponline.org/research_bestpractices.htm Collaborative Efforts in Student Retention: A Snapshot of Best Practices Across the Nation, Knowledge Industry Partnership

www.nextgenerationconsulting.com/ Next Generation Consulting − founded by Rebecca Ryan

www.neweconomyindex.org/states/2002/index.html 2002 State New Economy Index − State rankings for 21 economic indicators to measure a state’s capacity for innovative economic development and job growth.

www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com/ Wisconsin Technology Council

wistechnology.com/index.php Wisconsin Technology Network

worknet.wisconsin.gov/worknet/default.aspx Wisconsin’s Worknet: Wisconsin’s Workforce and Labor Market Information System

http://ypm.mmac.org/index.jsp Young Professionals of Milwaukee