EVALUATION RESEARCH

How We Can Help

Policy makers, funders, elected officials and others want to know “how many jobs will you create and how quickly will you create them”. But, we know that creating an environment that is supportive of entrepreneurs takes time and that measuring the success of entrepreneurship by “jobs created” tells only part of the story. That is why the Center is leading efforts to evaluate rural entrepreneurship – to assess the outcomes of entrepreneurship development efforts and develop a set of measures that captures the full range of outcomes associated with this work.

Our team is engaged in a range of evaluation activities, from large scale regional initiatives to community-based entrepreneurship development efforts. We are happy to discuss our approach to evaluation and to consider how we might address your need for evaluation services.

Evaluation Reports

Creating an Entrepreneurial Appalachian Region: Findings and Lessons from an Evaluation of the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Entrepreneurship Initiative 1997-2005 (link)
Building Toward Sustainability: The Evolution of Northern Initiatives (link)
The Evolution of the Greenstone Group (link)

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