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    • Kansas City Region Information Technology and Life Sciences Initiative: Focus Group and Interview Report 

      Mercer, Susan (Policy Research Institute, University of Kansas, 2004-08-24)
      The Policy Research Institute’s Center for Economic and Business Analysis at the University of Kansas conducted three focus groups with current life science leaders in the greater Kansas City region. Additionally, two ...

    • Markets Potentially Affected by the ATP Digital Video Program 

      Gauch, John; Oslund, Patricia; Rosenbloom, Joshua; Mercer, Susan (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1998-03)
      This report provides an outline or roadmap for listing, characterizing and describing the applications of digital video (DV) that may appear in the future marketplace. The report was prepared in conjunction with the Focused ...

    • Eighth Assessment of the Science, Engineering, and Math Infrastructure at Three Universities in Kansas 

      Hurd, Genna; Maynard-Moody, Steven; Mercer, Susan; Middleton, Luke (Policy Research Institute, University of Kansas, 2001-03)
      Kansas entered the NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate-Competitive Research (EPSCoR) in 1992. The first assessment of the state's progress in becoming more competitive for federal research and development (R&D) dollars ...

    • 2000 Lawrence Citizen Survey 

      Maynard-Moody, Steven (Policy Research Institute, University of Kansas, 2001-01)
      During the fall of 2000, the Survey Research Center at the University of Kansas asked a random sample of Lawrence, Kansas, residents about their views on the quality of life and their perceptions of city services. This is ...

    • Attitudes of Kaw Valley Residents toward Surface Water Quality 

      Buress, David; Harris, Brian (Policy Research Institute, University of Kansas, 2000-12)
      This report is based on an investigation of attitudes toward surface water quality in the Kansas (Kaw) River Valley. The purpose of the study is to help determine what actions Kaw Valley residents and farmers are willing ...

    • Appendix: Kansas Libraries’ Participation in Local Economic Development 

      Glass, Robert; Clifford, Norman; Harris, Brian; Rose, Carol (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 2000)
      The Institute for Public Policy and Business Research at the University of Kansas conducted ten focus groups, in five Kansas communities, to explore 1) to what extent librarians could or would support providing more services ...

    • The Role of Public Libraries in Local Economic Development 

      Glass, Robert; Clifford, Norman; Harris, Brian; Rose, Carol (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 2000-11)
      The Institute for Public Policy and Business Research undertook this study on behalf of the Kansas State Library. The purpose of the study was to determine how Kansas public libraries could play a more active roll in ...

    • The Metropolitan Strategic Planning Grant Program in Kansas 

      Hurd, Genna; Howell, Steve; Krider, Charles (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1999-10)
      In 1990, the Kansas Legislature passed the Community Strategic Planning Assistance Act (CSPA), a three-year program for non­metropolitan counties in Kansas. The CSPA provided funds to countywide and multi-county economic ...

    • Retail Preferences Survey Report 

      Unknown author (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 2000)
      The purpose of this survey is to determine how many Lawrence residents intentionally leave Lawrence to shop, what percentage of their total shopping dollars they spend outside Lawrence, what types of goods or services they ...

    • Appendix: Economic Scope and Marketing Study of the Kansas Arts Commission 

      Glass, Robert; Clifford, Norman; Harris, Brian; Woolsey, Cheri; Krider, Charles (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1999-07-28)
      This report presents the results of a study done by the Institute for Public Policy and Business Research for the Kansas Arts Commission (KAC). The purpose of the study was to: delineate the scope of the Kansas Arts ...

    • Economic Scope, Impact and Marketing Study of the Kansas Arts Commission. 

      Glass, Robert; Clifford, Norman; Harris, Brian; Woolsey, Cheri; Krider, Charles (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1999-07-28)
      This report presents the results of a study done by the Institute for Public Policy and Business Research for the Kansas Arts Commission (KAC). The purpose of the study was to: delineate the scope of the Kansas Arts ...

    • Retail Preferences Report #3 

      Semyonova-Smith, Elena Y. (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1999-07)
      The purpose of this survey is to find out how many Lawrence residents intentionally leave Lawrence to shop, what types of goods or services they shop for, and how often they go. The survey was limited to Lawrence ...

    • Kaw Valley Focus Groups on Local and Organic Produce 

      Harris, Brian; Buress, David; Mercer, Susan; Oslund, Patricia; Rose, Carol (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 2000-04)
      Environmentally-Identified Products (EIPs) refers to food products that are described as organic or sustainable, were grown using Integrated Pest Management (IPM), or are in other respects viewed as having a less-negative ...

    • Demands for Local and Organic Produce: A Brief Overview of the Literature. 

      Harris, Brian; Burress, David; Eicher, Sharon (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 2000-04)
      Environmentally Identified Products ( EIPs) refers to food products that are described as organic or sustainable, or were grown using Integrated Pest Management (IPM), or in other respects are viewed as having a relatively ...

    • Seventh Assessment of the Science, Engineering, and Math Infrastructure at Three Universities in Kansas 

      Hurd, Genna M.; Kuwana, Ted (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1999-07)
      Kansas received its first NSF EPSCoR grant in 1992. The second NSF EPSCoR grant, received in 1995, is a cooperative agreement, negotiated on a yearly renewal basis. Assessment of the status of science, engineering, and ...

    • Retail Preferences Survey Report #2 

      Glaeser, Vincent C. (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1998-11)

    • Faculty Survey and Administrators' Interview Results: Sixth Assessment of the Science, Math and Engineering Infrastructure at Three Universities in Kansas 

      Ott, Genna M.; Krider, Charles (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1998-12)
      In 1992 Kansas became a National Science Foundation (NSF) EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) state to improve its ability to compete for federal research and development (R&D) dollars. Annual ...

    • Benefits and Costs of the Kansas Comprehensive Highway Program 

      Burress, David; Oslund, Patricia (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1999-01)
      This report analyzes the benefits and costs of the Kansas Comprehensive Highway Program (KCHP). The benefit-cost ratio of the program is conservatively estimated to be at least 3. In other words, the program returned at ...

    • MAMTC Regional Market Assessment 

      Wobbekind, Richard L.; Eye, Karen; Hayden, Gin; Horvath, Gary; Krider, Charles; Rose, Carol; Mercer, Susan (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1998-04-21)
      The purpose of this study is to assess the business needs, plans for modernization, and use of outside service providers by the Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center’s (MAMTC) target clientele--small and mid-size ...

    • Employee Benefits Survey Report Lawrence, Kansas 1988 

      Glaeser, Vincent C. (Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, University of Kansas, 1988-06)
      The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and the Lawrence City Commission requested this study. Its purpose is to provide area businesses with information about the benefit packages that major employers in Lawrence and Douglas ...