Center for Economic Analysis and Development: Northern Kentucky University, Greater Cincinnati Region

The Center for Economic Analysis and Development engages in economic analysis and business research, conducting high quality, objective research on issues related to the current and future economic well-being of businesses and communities throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. CEAD collects, analyzes, and disseminates business, economic, and demographic data providing timely information on current and future trends. Specific activities include, but are not limited to, regional economic and industry forecasts; workforce projections; industrial surveys (employment/technology needs); population projections; cost-benefit studies; basic data collection; and basic demographic research.

Services

Economic/Fiscal Impact Analysis

With virtually every type of economic activity a ripple effect occurs. A company or organization hires other companies to do construction and provide services, and also pays employees, who then go out and spend their earnings on goods and services. An economic impact analysis quanitifies this ripple effect and is a great way for organizations and companies to show their return on investment. Click on some of the links below to see some examples of economic impact analyses.

Labor Force/Workforce Analysis

Every industry needs qualified talent to grow. Regions that successfully produce, attract, and retain that talent are positioned to strengthen their competitive advantage when actionable insights are available. CEAD has a robust history of producing quality talent supply and demand analyses -- which help organizations understand what occupations may be suffering a talent shortage, and what talent may be in oversupply.

Occupational Forecasting

Which jobs are in high demand? Which jobs are will likely be in decline? Understanding where your region's future demand will be is critical in assessing industry infrastructure, and attracting key industries to your region.

Performance Indicator Metrics/Metric Development

Every successful region tracks progress. But are the right metrics being used? Is there an ongoing discussion of changing priorities in the midst of constantly shifting market needs? CEAD has a long history of helping regional planning organizations develop and maintain quality, actionable metrics to measure progress to goal. We put these metrics in a broader social and economic context to afford our clients a deeper and clearer understanding of what may be underlying the changes in regional metrics.

Strategic Initiative/Public Policy Analysis

Strategic iniatives and public policies often have wide-sweeping fiscal and economic effects. Thinking about universal pre-k? Is your region under a HUD Fair Housing mandate? How much would it cost to implement these? Are tax levy's a viable solution? If so, how much? CEAD conducts survey and analysis services for a variety of strategic initiatives and policy solutions.

CEAD and Super-h

Provide a variety of reports to help you understand your region’s IP landscape.

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EDO Reports

EDO-Regional

EDO-Regional provides a report summarizing data on the size of IP clusters by CPC (Cooperative Patent Classification) for states and metropolitan statistical areas with comparisons to U.S. benchmarks.

The Regional report features a summary of IP activity presented via dashboard graphics, maps, rankings, and data tables.

The data enable you to identify markets of opportunity for your region, calculate your share of U.S. markets, and objectively evaluate your region’s IP performance and competitiveness.

Pricing: $15,000 per state or metropolitan statistical area; additional regions $11,500 per region.

For custom regions contact CEAD for a price quote.

EDO-Sector

The EDO-Sector report provides data on the size and distribution of an IP topic or cluster across the United States.

The Sector report features a summary of IP activity presented via dashboard graphics, maps, rankings, and data tables.

Which regions are top competitors in an IP topic? How does your region compare to the top performing regions? Is IP activity relevant to this topic increasing or decreasing? Is it consolidating into a few regions or dispersing across the country? EDO-Sector report answers these questions and more.

The EDO-Sector report is available for the United States by state or metropolitan statistical area. The International report presents information by country.

Pricing: $15,000 per IP topic (Cooperative Patent Classification code); additional IP topics $11,500 per IP topic.

For custom IP topic aggregations contact CEAD for a price quote.

EDO Extended

The EDO Extended report provides an in-depth analysis of an individual CPC cluster for a geographic region. It looks at the overall structure of the industry, size of the market and its growth rate. It identifies the “Top Performing Institutions” by key sub-topics. The report details the research activities of the institution by specific type of data source and displays links to actual documents. Institutional profiles also include information on the organization's specific collaborations with other Institutions (this can include Academic, Corporate and Government Labs) and Researchers as well as other research metrics associated with the IP strategies of this organization. The report identifies the “Top Performing Researchers” by key sub-topics. The profile details the research activities of the researcher by specific type of data source, displaying links to actual documents.

The EDO Extended report is available for individual states or metropolitan statistical areas.

Pricing: $50,000 per region per IP topic (Cooperative Patent Classification code)

For custom aggregations by region or CPC contact CEAD for a price quote.

Marketing Your Region's Brain Trust

Access the PowerPoint presentation from the webinar, Marketing Your Region's Brain Trust (click for link), hosted by Dr. Stephanie Hughes and Janet Harrah of NKU on June 29, 2017.

CEAD In the News

February 5, 2019: Northern Kentucky University Director Receives Award (AUBER Newsletter)

January 29, 2019: Cincinnati added tens of thousands of jobs last year (Cincinnati Business Courier)

January 16, 2019: Here’s how much the federal government shutdown is impacting Greater Cincinnati (Cincinnati Business Courier)

December 19, 2018: NKU welcomes interim dean Johnna Reeder Kleymeyer (Cincinnati Enquirer)

December 3, 2018: Fort Thomas Resident Awarded NKY Community Award (Fort Thomas Matters)

November 15, 2018: NKY Chamber Awards NKY Community Award to Janet Harrah (The Lane Report)

November 13, 2018: NKY Chamber Awards NKY Community Award to Janet Harrah (The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce)

October 10, 2018: Ambassadors from Canada and U.S. launch town hall meetings to allay USMCA fears (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

October 10, 2018: The House talks trade in Kentucky (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

October 1, 2018: Low-wage myth, how the economy benefits from e-commerce growth (WCPO)

October 1, 2018: General economic conditions (BusinessWise)

September 27, 2018: Here’s why Greater Cincinnati lost jobs (Cincinnati Business Courier)

September 26, 2018: How do IRBs work and why use them (Channel 5 News)

September 20, 2018: Distribution and e-commerce Cincinnati MSA (BusinessWise)

September 17, 2018: Covington Economic Development Department free workshops link businesses to expertise (NKY Tribune)

August 27, 2018: How Greater Cincinnati companies posted the year's fastest job growth (Cincinnati Business Courier)

Contact Us

Janet Harrah
Senior Director
(859) 392-2412
harrahj1@nku.edu

Center for Economic Analysis and Development