Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) Reports - HISTORICAL

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This collection contains older reports published by (or in a few cases for) the Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER). These reports date from 1980 to 2014.

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    2001 Labor Force Assessment Northeast Minnesota
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2001) Lichty, Richard W; Porett, Matthew; Moore, Scott; O'Brien, Maureen; McTavish, Donald G; Skurla, James A; Jacobson, Jean; Almquist-Minko, Vickie; Smith, Eric; Simonson, Jeremy
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    2001 Work Skills Survey of the General Population: Results and Technical Report
    (Minnesota Center for Survey Research (MCSR), 2001) Minnesota Center for Survey Research
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    2004 Work Skills Survey of the General Population: Results and Technical Report
    (Minnesota Center for Survey Research (MCSR), 2004) Minnesota Center for Survey Research
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    Alternatives to Petroleum Based Fuel for Marine Vessels
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2006) Skurla, James A; Jacobson, Jean; Hochsprung, Paul; Malik, Nitya; Slegh, David; Martopullo, Ela; Linde, Nicholas; Almquist-Minko, Vickie
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    Analyzing Alternatives to the Harbor Maintenance Tax
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2009) McIntosh, Christopher; Skalberg, Randall K; Skurla, James A
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    Comments on “The Economic Impact of Class I Air Quality Re-designation for the Fond du Lac Reservation, Minnesota”
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2014) Haynes, Monica; Grensing, Gina Chiodi; Scott, Michelle; Haedtke, Karen
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    Comparing the Flights of Elderly Seasonal Migrants: Arizona "Sunbirds" vs. Minnesota "Snowbirds"
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 1993) Hogan, Timothy D; Steinnes, Donald N
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    Cook County Dairy Market Survey and Business Plan
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2007) Skurla, James A; Jacobson, Jean; Lovisolo, Joseph; Jafri, Syed; Linde, Nicholas; Malik, Nitya; Martopullo, Ela; Slegh, David; Cebula, Barbara; Almquist-Minko, Vickie
    The University of Minnesota Duluth Labovitz School’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) was requested to assist Cook County to evaluate the idea of developing a small sustainable dairy. Two surveys were designed and implemented in Cook County: A survey of demand—Cook County Dairy Market Survey (Customers) featuring a cash-drawing incentive for participation, and a survey of potential distributors—Cook County Dairy Market Survey (Businesses). Data were collected during the fall of 2006 with analysis completed in early 2007. ... In summary there appears to be a viable business opportunity in Cook County for a dairy of this description, but major startup hurdles must be overcome. Once large enough sales and distribution are established, the cooperative can be a valuable contributor to the Cook County economy.
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    Cook County Trail Use Survey: Results and Technical Report
    (Minnesota Center for Survey Research (MCSR), 2003) Minnesota Center for Survey Research
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    Cook County Winter Trail Use Study: Technical Report
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2003) Kreag, Glenn M; Skurla, James A; Lichty, Richard W; Jacobson, Jean; McTavish, Donald G; Barkataki, Malita; Paukner, Amber
    The following technical report on the Cook County resident survey was developed as a part of the larger research project “Tourism and Winter Trail-based Recreation: An economic and environmental comparison of motor and quiet sports.” The project was designed to document and compare the impacts of snowmobiling and cross country skiing in a destination county. It will measure the economic impacts and assess the perceived social and environmental impacts of these activities. This study employed questionnaires with snowmobilers and cross country skiers and survey local residents in Cook County, Minnesota. An understanding of the differences between motor sports (snowmobiling) and a quiet sport (cross country skiing) is useful in planning future development, minimizing negative impacts, and improving marketing decisions.
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    Cook County Winter Trail-based Visitor Study
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2003) Kreag, Glenn M; McTavish, Donald G
    Minnesota Sea Grant and the University of Minnesota Duluth Bureau of Business and Economic Research conducted the Cook County Winter Trail-based Visitor Study in the last quarter of 2002 (an atypical winter with little snow). Research assistants contacted a random sample of 162 households in Cook County, MN, by phone. A random adult in the home was asked a short set of questions about visitors who cross-country (x-c) ski and snowmobile in Cook County (65% cooperation). Additionally, 96 randomlychosen Cook County hospitality businesses were interviewed using the same questions (53% cooperation). The 51 business respondents and the residents, broken into two groups of 31 business owners or managers, and 74 non-business respondents, did not differ much in their perceptions of winter visitors. However, statistically significant differences in views are seen between respondents when grouped by their winter recreation participation (ski only, snowmobile only, both, and neither).
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    Cook County/Grand Portage Alternative Energy
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2005) Skurla, James A; Lichty, Richard W; Doorn, David J; Jacobson, Jean; Almquist-Minko, Vickie; Malik, Nitya; Williams, Joshua; Hochsprung, Paul; Daly, John
    Energy sustainability must consider social, ecological and economic factors. This contract is to model the economic impacts to the current economy of the Grand Portage MN Tribal Community when the energy supply changes in response to implementing hydrogen based technology. This project will analyze possible impacts generated when the source of energy changes. Most input-output impact analyses assume that, when one industry in a defined region increases its production, the necessary supply of intermediate products needed in production will be available. This assumption implies that local resources are currently underutilized, or that excess capacity exists in the supplying industries.
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    Diocese of Duluth School Need Study - 1999
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 1999) University of Minnesota Duluth. Bureau of Business and Economic Research
    The Diocese of Duluth with the assistance of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Minnesota Duluth undertook a survey of six regions within the Diocese to determine the need for a Catholic middle school and/or a high school.
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    Duluth Area Economic Development Enterprise Network System Analysis
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2005) Skurla, James A; Jacobson, Jean; Malik, Nitya; Williams, Joshua; Carpenter, Talia; Huehn, Jon; Fuchs, Brian; Almquist-Minko, Vickie; Zolnowsky, Wendy M
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    Duluth Farmers' Market Survey and Business Plan
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2006) Skurla, James A; Jacobson, Jean; Hochsprung, Paul; Malik, Nitya; Martopullo, Ela; Daly, John; Almquist-Minko, Vickie
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    Duluth Opinion Survey and Report
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 1997) Knudsen, Kjell R; Lichty, Richard W; Jacobson, Jean; Zelenak, Jennifer; Naimpally, Amrita; Lee, Courtney; Nippert, Andrew
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    Duluth Seaway Port Authority: Impact of Business Development & Shipping Industry in 2005
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2006) Skurla, James A; Jacobson, Jean; Linde, Nicholas
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    East Central Minnesota: Social and Economic Trends and Implications, Forestry Analysis
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2004) Skurla, James A; Lichty, Richard W; Fleischman, William A; Jacobson, Jean; Barkataki, Malita; Williams, Joshua
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    The Economic Empact of U.S. Steel's Keetac Mine Expansion on the State of Minnesota And on the Arrowhead Region
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2009) Skurla, James A; Jacobson, Jean; Kasim, Taha; Solem, Lyle; Almquist-Minko, Vickie