Research on BR&E Visitation Programs

Bibliography

Allanach, Christoper Bruce, "The Market for and Impacts of Business Retention and Expansion." Master's Thesis, Dept. Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, 1995.

Darger, Michael. "Paying Attention to the Businesses in Your Backyard - Case Studies of Three Rural Community Business Retention and Expansion Visitation Programs." Paper presented to the Joint International Summit on Community and Rural Development, July 22, 2001, Duluth, Minnesota.

Green, Gary P. "Social Capital and Entrepreneurship: Bridging the Family & Community." Paper presented at the Cornell University Conference on the Entrepreneurial Family--Building Bridges, March 17-19, 1996, New York City, New York.

Ha, Inhyuck and George Morse, "How Successful Are BR&E Implementation Efforts? A Four -State Example." Staff Paper Series, P95-13, Dept. of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, November 1995.

Ilvento, Tom and Scott Loveridge. "Factors Influencing Participation in BR&E Programs: A Study of Local Coordinators in Six States." Food and Resource Research Report, University of Delaware, 2000.

Loveridge, Scott and Thomas R. Smith, "Factors Related to Success In Business Retention and Expansion Programs," Journal of the Community Development Society, 23(2): 66-78, 1992.

Loveridge, Scott, Thomas R. Smith, and George W. Morse, "What Does It Take to Run a Local Business Retention and Expansion Program? A Six State Survey." Economic Development Review, pp. 12-15, Winter, 1991.

Loveridge, Scott, Thomas R. Smith, and George W. Morse, "Volunteer Visitor Business Retention and Expansion Programs," in Rural Development Strategies, David W. Sears and J. Norman Reid (editors) Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1995.

McLaughlin, Robert T. "Making Connections in the Heartland: An Educator's Case Study of a Local Business Retention and Expansion Program," PhD Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1987.

McLaughlin, Robert T. "Making Connections through R&E: An Educator's Case Study." in The Retention and Expansion of Existing Businesses. George Morse (editor), Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1990 (Note: The Ohio program, which was started by George Morse and is almost identical to the Minnesota one, is called "R&E.")

Morse, George (Editor) The Retention and Expansion of Existing Businesses. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1990.

Morse, George and Inhyuck Ha, "How Successful are Business Retention and Expansion Implementation Efforts?" Economic Development Review, 15(1), pp. 8-13, Spring, 1997.

Smith, Thomas R., George W. Morse, and Linda M.Lobao, "Measuring Impacts of Business Retention and Expansion Visitation Programs." Journal of the Community Development Society. 23(1), 1992.