Analysis supporting regional competitiveness in a knowledge-based economy.

Empowering regional leaders

This site makes the latest research on innovation and rural development available to economic developers and other local decision makers in an easy-to-use format. Data may be used in both rural and urban regions.

Tools

Innovation Index

The Innovation Index provides insight into the innovation capacity of a region relative to the nation and 2 user-selected comparison areas.

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Cluster Analysis

This tool allows for analysis of 15 knowledge-based occupation clusters and 17 industry clusters

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Investment Analysis

Understand the regional development process and access tools to help guide public investment decisions

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Data Browser

Looking for even more data? View and download individual data items concerning education, employment, income, and population for any state, metro, micro, district or county in the nation.

Tutorials

Looking for an overview of the tools and ideas on how to use them in your region?

A grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration has supported this work by the Purdue Center for Regional Development, the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, Strategic Development Group, Inc., the Rural Policy Research Institute, and Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc. The project received additional support from the State of Indiana through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs.

This website was produced and is maintained by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.  Questions and comments about the site may be emailed to ibrc@iupui.edu.