Studies of international economic development often feature the competitive gains from inter-firm cooperation. By cooperating, firms within a region can draw on their collective resources and experience to test out new production processes and techniques; share the risks associated with...

Set in the context of labor market restructuring, public policy reform, and blurring government/nonprofit boundaries, this study examines the functions, adaptation, and performance of Boston's three One-Stop Career Centers between 1996 and 2002-a time period encompassing distinct eras of...

For decades, government and community organizations have developed strategies to provide workers historically excluded from the Building Trades with access to jobs on publicly funded construction projects. Studies of best practices recommend the use of: project labor agreements (i.e., contracts...

This study addresses a gap in the policy and planning literature regarding the extent to which public workforce intermediaries in a knowledge-intensive industry expand employment opportunities for a nontraditional, i.e., less-educated or displaced workforce. Specifically, it investigated the...