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Workforce, Industry, and Economic Development
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Workforce, Industry, and Economic Development (WIED) was a unit of Cornell University's ILR School focused on providing applied economic expertise.
WIED was committed to promoting the creation of good jobs and stimulating workforce development to strengthen the New York State and global economy. While the WIED unit was discontinued by the ILR School in 2008, its documents will remain here for research and archival purposes.
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Buffalo Child Care Means Business: Executive Summary
(2006-11-16)[Excerpt] This study of child care needs and opportunities in downtown Buffalo includes original empirical evidence from a representative survey of employers in core zip codes 14201-2-3-4. The Survey Research Institute of ... -
Buffalo Child Care Means Business: Full Study Report
(2006-01-01)[Excerpt] Buffalo Child Care Means Business presents the economic and business case for making Buffalo's children the focus of economic development. The 2006 survey of 117 businesses located in downtown Buffalo, New York, ... -
Champions @ Work: Employment, Workplace Practices and Labor-Management Relations in Western New York: A Study
(2000-01-01)[Excerpt] This study examines private sector employment, workplace practices and labor-management relations in Western New York (WNY) from the mid-1980s to the present. It is a regional assessment, a benchmark designed to ... -
Cultural Capital: Challenges to New York State’s Competitive Advantages in the Arts and Entertainment Industry
(2009-01-01)This is a report on the findings of the Cornell University ILR planning process conducted with support of a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to investigate trends in the arts and entertainment industry in New York ... -
Bridging the Gap: Training Needs Assessment of the Immigrant Workforce in Onondaga County, NY
(2007-06-01)[Excerpt] This report addresses one small facet of the skills dilemma facing Onondaga County; that is, can the growing immigrant/refugee population in Syracuse satisfy local employers’ demand for labor? With support from ... -
Reflections on Progress at Work
(1996-01-01)[Excerpt] Today, we enter our second half century, facing a new millennium of opportunity. We pause to celebrate with pride our ILR Extension heritage, from its roots in Buffalo. We pay tribute to colleagues before us and ... -
Organizing for Equitable Economic Development: The Significance of Community Empowerment Organizations for Unions
(2007-01-01)[Excerpt] In response to the pervasive pursuit of low-road economic development strategies, several local unions have take the lead in devising high road strategies for their local economies. Unions are known for their ... -
Of Republicans and Recessions: Why Does Big Business Vote for Them?
(1971-11-01)[Excerpt] The wild enthusiasm business gave Nixon's new economic policy stems not only from a longstanding business preference for Republicans but a short-run expectation of profit windfalls. In a moment of economic crisis ... -
Looking Ahead
(1996-01-01)[Excerpt] The American entertainment industry and its system of labor-management relations is now at a crossroads. Its future will be determined to a great extent by emerging developments that could either hinder or ... -
Local Nodes in Global Networks: The Geography of Knowledge Flows in Biotechnology Innovation
(2005-12-01)The literature on innovation and interactive learning has tended to emphasize the importance of local networks, inter-firm collaboration and knowledge flows as the principal source of technological dynamism. More recently, ...
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