WealthWorks for Your Region: An Introduction. Module 2: Identify a Market Opportunity

Tags: Community Economic Development, Measurement, Research, Systems Thinking, Wealth Creation

Client Name: Ford Foundation

Location: Washington DC

Resource Type: Tools

Author Org: Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, Dynamica Consulting, Yellow Wood Associates

Author: Robert Donnan, Kristin Feierabend, Travis Green, Marjorie Kelly, Melissa Levy, Elizabeth Myrick, Elsa Noterman, Deb Markley, Shanna Ratner, Amber Richardson, Janet Topolsky, Barbara Wyckoff

Year: 2014

This module offers a series of useful screens for spotting a market opportunity that has good potential to generate wealth-building results for a region.

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