Bureau of Business Research
Date of this Version
1-2003
Citation
Business in Nebraska vol. 58, no. 673
Abstract
The Bureau of Business Research recently exam- Key factors of the success of rural Nebraska's ined both successful and struggling economic peers of nine rural county1 groups in Nebraska to explore how comparable rural counties across selected Midwest states achieved economic success during the 1990s. The states are Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin (Figure 1). The county groups are comprised of rural counties that shared industry structure and demographic traits in 1990, and had similar location characteristics. A case study approach was used to examine and identify the fundamental factors of each economic peer's success or struggle from 1990 to 1999.
Butler/Saunders County Group
Gage/Saline/Otoe County Group
Custer County Group
Dixon County Group
Dawson County Group
McPherson County Group
Boone County Group
Grant County Group
Chase/Clay County Group
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Comments
Copyright 2003 by Bureau of Business Research, University of Nebraska.