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Emerging Issue Forum Reports

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2013: @Manufacturing works

@Manufacturing Works

2012: Investing in Generation Z

The Face of Generation Z
Coworking in North Carolina
Community Guidebook – Map your community assets to see how you can best invest in the next generation.

2011: Health Innovations

North Carolina Health Innovations Report Booklet
Allied health demonstration model

2010: Creativity, iNC

NC Creativity Report – IEI publishes the progress North Carolina has made in building its creative capacity since February, 2010.

 

Community Discussion Guide – Designed to help communities to enhance and harness creativity for economic development.

 

Inventory of Creativity Programs – Details various creativity programs already at work in other states and regions across the US.

 

New Thinking, New Jobs – A report on North Carolina’s creative workforce, written in partnership with the NC Department of Commerce

2009: Growth and Infrastructure 

 

Changing Landscapes: Building the Good Growth State

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2011 Faculty Fellows Papers on Generation Z

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Generation Z: What is the future of stakeholder engagement?

 

by Mary Lou Addor, Ed.D., Interim Director, Natural Resources Leadership Institute and Organizational Development Specialist, NC State University Cooperative Extension

Predicting North Carolina’s Job Market in 2020

 

by G. Jason Jolley, Adjunct Professor, Kenan-Flager Business School at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Senior Research Director for the Carolina Center for Competitive Economies

Global Engagement in an Interconnected World

 

by John Lee, Associate Professor of Social Studies, NC State University

The Art of Communication and Networking for the “Under-Thirty” Generation: The Impact Felt and Heard Around the World

 

by Terri M. Manning, Associate Vice President & Director, Center for Applied Research, Central Piedmont Community College

What the Under 30 Generation Wants in the Workforce: What Employers Need to Know to Retain Them

 

by Terri M. Manning, Associate Vice President & Director, Center for Applied Research, Central Piedmont Community College

Generation Z and an Urbanizing North Carolina

 

by Jeff Michael, Director, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Urban Institute

Engaging North Carolina’s Generation Z in Civic Life

 

by Kelley O’Brien, director, NC Civic Education Consortium

Diversity and Public Education

 

by Michael Roberts, instructor of English, Robeson Community College

Environmental Challenges Facing Generation Z

 

by Wiliam G. Ross, Jr., Visting Professor of Environmental Science & Policy, Duke University

Generation Z as Consumers: Trends and Innovation

 

by Stacy Wood, Langdon Distinguished Professor of Marketing, College of Management, NC State University

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Other Publications

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Smart Grid: Core Firms in the Research Triangle Region

 

Read why the Research Triangle Region puts North Carolina on the map as a smart grid hotspot.

NC’s Competitive Edge

 

Addresses our state’s healthcare challenges and examines North Carolina’s potential for innovation.

Community Discussion Guide

 

Designed to help communities to enhance and harness creativity for economic development.

NC Creativity Report

 

Details the progress North Carolina has made in building a creative culture since the 2010 Emerging Issues Forum.

Inventory of Creativity Programs

 

See how North Carolina’s efforts stack up against other states.

Growth & Infrastructure Report

 

Details IEI’s work on growth & infrastructure, including why we’re examining public-private partnerships.

Public-Private Partnerships

 

Provides a general understanding of PPPs, including their benefits and drawbacks.

New Thinking, New Jobs

A report on the impact of creativity on North Carolina’s workforce, showing creativity pays more than the state average, and creative jobs are more resilient in times of recession.
Data Sources and Methodology | Appendix

Renewable Energy in NC: The Potential Supply Chain


The Potential Supply Chain: this report by IEI Faculty Fellow Keith Debbage examines North Carolina’s economic development opportunities in the new energy economy.

Renewable Energy in North Carolina

This article by IEI Policy Manager, Diane Cherry, and Shubhayu Saha, details North Carolina’s energy demands, sources of energy and the potential for renewable energy projects.

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