The staff of the Tennessee Leadership Center has compiled a comprehensive list of additional resources that they recommend as for Tennessee’s community leaders. Each topic listed contains links to organizations and research materials to support local economic and community development efforts.

Universities and the Development of Industry Clusters
http://www.eda.gov/ImageCache/EDAPublic/documents/pdfdocs/ucluster2004_2epdf/v1/ucluster2004.pdf

A Governors Guide to Cluster-Based Economic Development
http://www.nga.org/cda/files/AM02CLUSTER.pdf

Co-Development of Firm Foundings and Regional Clusters, Dirk Fornahl, Max-Peter Menzel
http://www.wiwi.uni-hannover.de/fbwiwi/forschung/diskussionspapiere/dp-284.pdf

Just Clusters- Economic Development Strategies that reach more people and places
http://www.rtsinc.org/publications/just%20clusters.pdf

Regional Technology Assets and Opportunities: The Geographic Clustering of High Tech Industry, Science and Innovation in Appalachia
http://www.arc.gov/index.do?nodeId=1403&print=yes

"Old Economy" Outputs for "New Economy" Outcomes. Cluster Formation in the New Silicon Valleys
http://www.druid.dk/conferences/summer2002/Papers/GAMBARDELLA_BRESNAHAN_SAXENIAN.pdf