This book addresses the growing interest in cluster and targeted economic developments, reviewing the socioeconomic theoretical foundations of industry targeting and suggesting alternative methods of identifying industries for targeting.

Part I: Policy Background 1. Introduction and Overview, Stephan J. Goetz, Steven C. Deller, and Thomas R. Harris 2. Historical Description of Economic Development Policy, Steven C. Deller and Stephan J. Goetz 3. Industry Clusters and Industry Targeting, Martin Shields, David Barkley, and Mary Emery 4. Overview of the Theory Behind TRED, Steven C. Deller 5. Porter's Cluster Strategy and Industrial Targeting, Douglas Woodward and Paulo Guimarães 6. Impact of Agglomerations on the Economy, Todd Gabe Part II: Empirical Modeling Approaches 7. Modeling the Probability of Manufacturing Activity in the Great Plains John C. Leatherman and Terry L. Kastens 8. Regional Variation in the Location Choice of Goods- and Service-Producing Industries Hanas A. Cader, John C. Leatherman, and John M. Crespi 9. An Application of a Double Hurdle Firm Location Model: The Example of Montana, Alison Davis and Thomas R. Harris 10. Targeting Industry Clusters for Regional Economic Development: The REDRL Approach David L. Barkley and Mark S. Henry 11. Rural-Urban Economic Linkages: Implications for Industry Targeting Recommendations, David W. Hughes 12. Regional Cluster Analysis with Interindustry Benchmarks, Edward Feser, Henry Renski, and Jun Koo 13. Targeting with the Analytic Hierarchy Process, Thomas G. Johnson 14. The Community Business Matching Model: Combining Community and Business Goals and Assets to Target Rural Economic Development, Linda J. Cox, Jonathan E. Alevy, Thomas R. Harris, Barbara Andreozzi, Joan Wright, and George "Buddy" Borden Part III: Applications and Case Studies 15. Identifying Food Industry Clusters: A Comparison of Analytical Tools, Stephan J. Goetz, Martin Shields, and Qiuyan Wang16. Targeted Industry Analysis in a "Comprehensive" Economic Development Extension Program, James R. Nelson, Michael D. Woods, La Dee Homm, and Gerald A. Doeksen 17. TRED as an Educational Tool, Steven C. Deller, John Leatherman, and Martin Shields 18. Industry Targeting: Theoretical Underpinning and Practical Application, David W. Hughes 19. Import Substitution and the Analysis of Gaps and Disconnects, Steven C. Deller 20. What Have We Learned?Steven C. Deller, Stephan J. Goetz, and Thomas Harris.