BERC Nashville Nonprofit Sector Economic Study

The nonprofit sector contributed $20.9 billion to the regional economy in 2011, according to a study by our Business and Economic Research Center for the Center for Nonprofit Management.

[ See Tennessean article  |  download entire study pdf ]

Arik to Present Macroeconomic U.S. Outlook

Business and Economic Research Center Associate Director Murat Arik will give a macroeconomic U.S. outlook presentation at the C2ER (Council for Community and Economic Research) conference in Nashville on May 22. [conference registration information]

Comparison of Tennesseans' Income Based on Education

How much difference does a college degree make to an average Tennessean's income? Find out in this table: American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates [pdf] .

It's just one of many articles in Tennessee's Business: Job Creation [contents].

Features include:

• "Business Creations and Expansions, 2009,"
  an overview of the latest data and comparison to the 2001-2002 recession, by Tennessee State Data Center Director Randy Gustafson
• "Job Creation: What Really Works?"
  by David Hayes, MTSU Department of Economics and Finance adjunct faculty and Tennessee Workforce Development Board member

and more:

• Tennessee State Small Business Development Center's
  2011 results
• Tennessee green investments,
  an economic impact study on selected summarized by BERC Associate Director Murat Arik
• Tracking the state's economic recovery
  by staff of MTSU's Business and Economic Research Center and the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
• State job creation initiatives, an overview

plus:

• American Community Survey 1-year employment estimates in pdf format

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Video Citing BERC's Nashville Health Care Study Wins Award

http://www.mtsu.edu/berc

This video developed by MTSU students citing BERC's Nashville Health Care Study won an American Marketing Association award.

Opry Mills to Benefit Jobless Rate

http://tinyurl.com/3e5v3l5
From the Tennessean: "The dramatic impact here of Opry Mills' reopening would be sparked because the 3,000 new jobs would end up putting an additional 1,500 people to work through indirect jobs, meaning a total of 4,500 jobs pumped into the labor market, said Arik, associate director of the Business and Economic Research Center at MTSU."