The following items are intended to support states participating in the Policy Academy on Strengthening Your State's Manufacturers.

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Resources

  • U.S. Manufacturing Data Dashboard - provides data on state economic performance (dropdown at top left) - access
  • SSTI Digest - news and analysis of science, tech, innovation and entrepreneurship programs, spending and reports - read | subscribe
  • Federal innovation and entrepreneurship funding in the FY 2019 budget - Commerce, Science, SBA | Defense, Labor, HHS, Energy

 

State Manufacturing Strategies

  • Florida - Strategic Plan for Economic Growth, 2018. Includes section (Pillar 2) on innovation and economic development with multiple recommended strategies and actions that impact manufacturing. | read
  • Missouri - Strategic Initiatives for Economic Growth, 2011. Includes nice process: 1) demographic and economic analysis; 2) regional forums; 3) analysis of marketing efforts; 4) target cluster analysis; 5) legislative initiatives; 6) regional forums; 7) strategic plan with action items. Good coverage of issues relevant to manufacturers. | read
  • Maryland - Strategic Plan for Accelerating Economic Development 2016. Includes manufacturing and aerospace components, including recommendations for how to grow manufacturing (executive and legislative branch actions). | read
  • Pennsylvania -
    • Gov Wolf’s initiative to strengthen and grow manufacturing in PA includes three components: manufacturing training to career grant, IRCs, and PA Manufacturing innovation Program (PMIP). |  read
    • Detailed report on what Pennsylvania can do to strengthen and grow the petrochemical manufacturing industry in Pennsylvania, so it is very narrow in its focus and specific in its recommendations. | read
  • Descriptions of state manufacturing contexts that are not strategies:

 

Manufacturing Workforce Pathways

 

Reports

Future of Work

Bughin, J., Manyika, J. & Woetzel, J. (2019). The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow. McKinsey Global Institute. 

MIT Work of the Future. (2019). Fall 2019 Report. MIT.

Markow, W., Hughes, D., & Bundy, A. (2019). New Foundational Skills of the Digital Economy: Developing the Professionals of the Future. Business-Higher Education Forum.

Context & Challenges

Ayyagari, M. & Maksimovic, V. (2017). "Fewer and less skilled? Human capital, competition, and entrepreneurial success in manufacturing." SSRN.

Berube, A. & Murray, C. (2018). Renewing America's Economic Promise Through Older Industrial Cities. Brookings.

Callaway, J. & Yubing, S. (2018). Ignorance Isn't Bliss. The Impact of Opioids on Manufacturing. MAPI Foundation.

Furman, J. & Seamans, R. (2018). "AI and the economy." SSRN.

USDA Economic Research Service. (2017, Aug.). "Rural manufacturing at a glance, 2017 edition." Economic Information Bulletin, 177.

Impacts & Strategies

Batrik, T.J. (2018). Helping Manufacturing-Intensive Communities: What Works? Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Brown, K. (2018). Powerful Partners: Businesses and Community Colleges. National Skills Coalition.

Lipscome, C.A. et. al. (2017). "Evaluating the impact of manufacturing extension services on establishment performance." Economic Development Quarterly, 32, 1, 29-43. 

Sparks, E. & Waits, M.J. (2013). “Making” Our Future: What States Are Doing to Encourage Growth in Manufacturing through Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Investment. National Governors Assocation.

 

Convening Presentations

Cohort I | Convening 1 - Aug. 2018

Cohort I | Convening 2 - Mar. 2019

Cohort II | Convening 1 - Aug. 2019

Cohort II | Convening 2 - Jan. 2021

 

Webinars

Innovation Vouchers - Dec. 2018

Manufacturing & STEM Career Awareness - Feb. 2019

Team Leads - Ownership Transitions - Jul. 6, 2020

Team Leads - Supply Chains - Jul. 20, 2020

Team Leads - Diversity in Manufacturing - Aug. 17, 2020

Team Leads - Innovation & Manufacturing - Sep. 14, 2020