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Tuesday, 18 April 2017 11:48

Call for Papers: Manufacturing Growth and Innovation in the United States

Economic Development Quarterly (EDQ) is seeking evidence-based research manuscripts for a special issue of the journal that highlights effective economic development and workforce policies designed to foster manufacturing innovation and growth in the United States. The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Sage Publications are collaborating with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) network, SSTI, and the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC) in sponsoring this special issue.

The partnering organizations are seeking high quality research that would advance the state of practice in support of manufacturing. Selected papers will be submitted for peer review and those that receive peer approval will be published in an EDQ special issue on manufacturing in 2018. Top papers may be eligible to receive an award.

Please feel free to share this Call for Papers with peers who you think might be interested in submitting a proposal. Proposed abstracts/research outlines should be submitted to John Marotta at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Proposed abstracts/research outlines are due May 1, 2017.  

For questions or additional information, please contact John Marotta (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Ken Poole (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

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