Bookstore
IEDC's curated listing of resources to help your community and career reach new heights. Books, manuals, webinars, reports and our essential Salary & Demographic Survey available for purchase.
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IEDC Training Manuals - Complete Set |
Training Manual | You asked, we listened: Now you can purchase all of the new training course manuals in one easy click. The entire set is specially priced so that you save over 15% when you order the set of 12 manuals through the IEDC Bookstore. Never before has it been so easy to learn so much. Non-Member Price: $765 Member-Price: $560 |
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You asked, we listened: Now you can purchase all of the new training course manuals in one easy click. The entire set is specially priced so that you save over 15% when you order the set of 12 manuals through the IEDC Bookstore. Never before has it been so easy to learn so much. Non-Member Price: $765 Member-Price: $560 |
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Incentives for the Twenty-First Century |
EDRP Reports | Economic developers seek effective incentives that can help grow community prosperity. This paper presents incentives that reduce business costs and have the potential to significantly increase jobs, investment, tax revenues, and consumer spending in innovative, cost-effective ways that also advance community development goals. The incentives chronicled in this paper fall into three groups; one is traditional incentives redefined to make them more effective, another that decrease costs while increasing efficiency, and another that focuses on social development goals. Non-Member Price: $0 *To download, proceed using the purchase button below. This item is free to download, you will not be charged at checkout. |
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Economic developers seek effective incentives that can help grow community prosperity. This paper presents incentives that reduce business costs and have the potential to significantly increase jobs, investment, tax revenues, and consumer spending in innovative, cost-effective ways that also advance community development goals. The incentives chronicled in this paper fall into three groups; one is traditional incentives redefined to make them more effective, another that decrease costs while increasing efficiency, and another that focuses on social development goals. Non-Member Price: $0 *To download, proceed using the purchase button below. This item is free to download, you will not be charged at checkout. |
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Industry 4.0: Supporting Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers |
EDRP Reports | Several new and emerging technologies – that are part of Industry 4.0 – are dramatically transforming manufacturing. Additive manufacturing, advanced materials, artificial intelligence, big data, internet of things are just some examples that are making it possible for people and machines to interact more efficiently and improve production processes. Small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) find themselves facing unique challenges in adopting I4.0 technologies. This paper dives into the strategies that economic development organizations (EDOs) can use to support SMMs and ensure that their communities stay competitive regionally and globally. Non-Member Price: $0 *To download, proceed using the purchase button below. This item is free to download, you will not be charged at checkout. |
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Several new and emerging technologies – that are part of Industry 4.0 – are dramatically transforming manufacturing. Additive manufacturing, advanced materials, artificial intelligence, big data, internet of things are just some examples that are making it possible for people and machines to interact more efficiently and improve production processes. Small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) find themselves facing unique challenges in adopting I4.0 technologies. This paper dives into the strategies that economic development organizations (EDOs) can use to support SMMs and ensure that their communities stay competitive regionally and globally. Non-Member Price: $0 *To download, proceed using the purchase button below. This item is free to download, you will not be charged at checkout. |
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Introduction to Economic Development: Training Manual |
Training Manual | The manual covers various essential topics related to economic development strategies and practices. This manual consists of concepts that delve into different aspects of economic development, from neighborhood economic development to technology-led initiatives, entrepreneurial development, and real estate development, among others. Non-Member Price: $85 |
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The manual covers various essential topics related to economic development strategies and practices. This manual consists of concepts that delve into different aspects of economic development, from neighborhood economic development to technology-led initiatives, entrepreneurial development, and real estate development, among others. Non-Member Price: $85 |
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Introduction to Entrepreneurship-led Economic Development |
Training Manual | This manual focuses on building an understanding of the importance of building a community centered around entrepreneurship and small business creation, sustainability and growth. After reading this manual, readers will be able to identify their role in the ecosystem, understand the roles of others and come away with the skills to bring organizations together around shared goals. Learn important skills such as assessing a community's appetite for risk, identifying resource gaps, understanding the importance of inclusion, and developing practical ways to measure success. Manual highlights:
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This manual focuses on building an understanding of the importance of building a community centered around entrepreneurship and small business creation, sustainability and growth. After reading this manual, readers will be able to identify their role in the ecosystem, understand the roles of others and come away with the skills to bring organizations together around shared goals. Learn important skills such as assessing a community's appetite for risk, identifying resource gaps, understanding the importance of inclusion, and developing practical ways to measure success. Manual highlights:
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Investing in Entrepreneurs of Color: A Playbook for Economic Developers |
EDRP Reports | The COVID-19 pandemic and the racial reckoning within the United States has exposed the need for increased investment and support for businesses and entrepreneurs of color in communities across the country. Economic development organizations (EDOs) have an opportunity to work with and support entrepreneurs of color to overcome short- and long-term barriers through programs tailored specifically for them. 'Investing in Entrepreneurs of Color: A Playbook for Economic Developers' – a publication by IEDC's Economic Development Research Partners (EDRP) program – is a comprehensive guide for EDOs on how to support small businesses and entrepreneurs of color. This playbook presents research on the effects of the pandemic on small businesses owned by people of color, identifies barriers these businesses face, makes an argument for why it is important for economic developers to address challenges at the local and regional level, and showcases multiple examples of how different EDOs around the country are successfully supporting local entrepreneurs of color. Non-Member Price: $65 |
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the racial reckoning within the United States has exposed the need for increased investment and support for businesses and entrepreneurs of color in communities across the country. Economic development organizations (EDOs) have an opportunity to work with and support entrepreneurs of color to overcome short- and long-term barriers through programs tailored specifically for them. 'Investing in Entrepreneurs of Color: A Playbook for Economic Developers' – a publication by IEDC's Economic Development Research Partners (EDRP) program – is a comprehensive guide for EDOs on how to support small businesses and entrepreneurs of color. This playbook presents research on the effects of the pandemic on small businesses owned by people of color, identifies barriers these businesses face, makes an argument for why it is important for economic developers to address challenges at the local and regional level, and showcases multiple examples of how different EDOs around the country are successfully supporting local entrepreneurs of color. Non-Member Price: $65 |
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Issue Brief: The Role of Economic Developers in Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions |
EDRP Reports | Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) of existing US firms account for the vast majority of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) entering the country, surpassing greenfield FDI by both value and deal volume. In recent years, the profile of investor entities has shifted, with more M&A bids originating from emerging economies and government-controlled entities like Sovereign Wealth Funds. Though cross-border M&A may not always be as attractive as Greenfield FDI in terms of job creation and positive-sum economic growth, it is a growing phenomenon which will continue to have significant impacts on US communities. This issue brief describes the market for foreign M&A into the US, listing the range of impacts communities can anticipate depending on their size, location and industrial composition. Building on a sound understanding of the motivating principles behind M&A, the brief provides a step-by-step guide to the role of economic developers at each stage of an investment transaction. Several case studies provide illustrative examples of the range of M&A deals. Non-Member Price: $0 *To download, proceed using the purchase button below. This item is free to download, you will not be charged at checkout. |
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Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) of existing US firms account for the vast majority of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) entering the country, surpassing greenfield FDI by both value and deal volume. In recent years, the profile of investor entities has shifted, with more M&A bids originating from emerging economies and government-controlled entities like Sovereign Wealth Funds. Though cross-border M&A may not always be as attractive as Greenfield FDI in terms of job creation and positive-sum economic growth, it is a growing phenomenon which will continue to have significant impacts on US communities. This issue brief describes the market for foreign M&A into the US, listing the range of impacts communities can anticipate depending on their size, location and industrial composition. Building on a sound understanding of the motivating principles behind M&A, the brief provides a step-by-step guide to the role of economic developers at each stage of an investment transaction. Several case studies provide illustrative examples of the range of M&A deals. Non-Member Price: $0 *To download, proceed using the purchase button below. This item is free to download, you will not be charged at checkout. |
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Jobs in the Making: Economic Development Strategies to Grow Manufacturing |
EDRP Reports | As the global manufacturing marketplace has become more dynamic, high-tech and integrated, the needs of manufacturers have changed dramatically. Economic developers have to respond more quickly and flexibly, look farther afield, draw on a wider range of resources and partners, and use increasingly sophisticated strategies. This report attempts to provide some of the clarity, tools, and direction that will help economic developers maintain a thriving manufacturing sector in their communities. An overview of the sector's history and importance to the U.S. economy provides context for the report, along with an examination of trends that have led manufacturing to become more innovative, open and globalized. Research plus interviews and surveys of leading economic developers identify key trends and strategies to retain and grow manufacturing firms. The report includes action steps for cultivating supply chain opportunities, creating innovation networks, promoting exports, developing a skilled workforce, expanding access to financing, and other tools and ideas. Fourteen case studies highlight strategies around finance, innovation, entrepreneurship, international partnerships and more. The report also includes a comprehensive list of federal resources and a toolkit of resources for addressing layoff aversion, surveying dislocated workers and assessing transportation and logistics competitiveness. Non-Member Price: $0 *To download, proceed using the purchase button below. This item is free to download, you will not be charged at checkout. |
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As the global manufacturing marketplace has become more dynamic, high-tech and integrated, the needs of manufacturers have changed dramatically. Economic developers have to respond more quickly and flexibly, look farther afield, draw on a wider range of resources and partners, and use increasingly sophisticated strategies. This report attempts to provide some of the clarity, tools, and direction that will help economic developers maintain a thriving manufacturing sector in their communities. An overview of the sector's history and importance to the U.S. economy provides context for the report, along with an examination of trends that have led manufacturing to become more innovative, open and globalized. Research plus interviews and surveys of leading economic developers identify key trends and strategies to retain and grow manufacturing firms. The report includes action steps for cultivating supply chain opportunities, creating innovation networks, promoting exports, developing a skilled workforce, expanding access to financing, and other tools and ideas. Fourteen case studies highlight strategies around finance, innovation, entrepreneurship, international partnerships and more. The report also includes a comprehensive list of federal resources and a toolkit of resources for addressing layoff aversion, surveying dislocated workers and assessing transportation and logistics competitiveness. Non-Member Price: $0 *To download, proceed using the purchase button below. This item is free to download, you will not be charged at checkout. |
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Knowledge is Power: Working Effectively with Site Selectors |
EDRP Reports | Based on dozens of interviews with economic developers, site selectors and industry observers, this report offers an in-depth look at the site selection industry today. It discusses trends in the industry's evolution, the impact of those trends, and issues and challenges that economic developers often encounter when working with site consultants. It concludes with practical recommendations to help economic development organizations prepare to work with site selectors on all aspects of a project. Non-Member Price: $0 *To download, proceed using the purchase button below. This item is free to download, you will not be charged at checkout. |
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Based on dozens of interviews with economic developers, site selectors and industry observers, this report offers an in-depth look at the site selection industry today. It discusses trends in the industry's evolution, the impact of those trends, and issues and challenges that economic developers often encounter when working with site consultants. It concludes with practical recommendations to help economic development organizations prepare to work with site selectors on all aspects of a project. Non-Member Price: $0 *To download, proceed using the purchase button below. This item is free to download, you will not be charged at checkout. |
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Looking Around the Corner: The Future of Economic Development |
EDRP Reports | In the next ten to fifteen years, EDOs will be responding to changes and shifts that cannot be quantified today. While it is impossible to know with certainty what these disruptions will be, at a macro level there are existing trends - demographics, technology expansion, shifting global roles, and climate change - that act as signals for what may happen. This paper delves into the implications of these emerging trends, considering the ways that economic developers can maintain competitiveness in a changing global economy. Non-Member Price: $0 *To download, proceed using the purchase button below. This item is free to download, you will not be charged at checkout. |
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In the next ten to fifteen years, EDOs will be responding to changes and shifts that cannot be quantified today. While it is impossible to know with certainty what these disruptions will be, at a macro level there are existing trends - demographics, technology expansion, shifting global roles, and climate change - that act as signals for what may happen. This paper delves into the implications of these emerging trends, considering the ways that economic developers can maintain competitiveness in a changing global economy. Non-Member Price: $0 *To download, proceed using the purchase button below. This item is free to download, you will not be charged at checkout. |
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