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Strengthening Clusters through Import Substitution
Identify:• Industries that support the cluster• Goods and services being purchased
from outside the region• Capacity for supplying these inputs
regionally• Resources needed to help promote the
creation, expansion, retention or attraction of businesses to supply inputs
Answers to Questions
1. What data is presented on the bar charts?
2. What is counted in Corp, Subsid, Regional Mgt?
3. Where is lodging in AER?
4. Where is forestry?
Agribusiness Leakages
• Animal Slaughter• Corp., Subsidiary, Regional Mgt• Wholesale Trade Agents• Flour Milling• Pesticides• Soybean Processing
• Poteau-Weaver• Eastern OK State
College
Keota Port imports feed commodities, exports coal
IT Telecomm Leakages
• Iron, Steel• Copper Wire/Rolling/Drawing• Engineering Services• Telecomm Carriers• Video Production• Cable/Subscription Provider
Role for Higher Ed?
OK Western, Cross, Pine, AT&T, US Cellular, Verizon, Haileyville; build your own network (examples from Appalachia)
Role for Higher Ed?
Choctaw Investments?
AER/Tourism Leakages
• Corp, Subsidiary, Reg Mgt• Video Production• TV Broadcasting• Sport Teams• Landscaping Services• Janitorial Services• Ad Agencies
Role for Higher Ed, Choctaw? EOSC/Kiamichi have studios for training
Fort Smith, Tulsa, Texarkana, Sherman/Denison mkts
High School sports & youth programs; tournament fields? Promos?
Small Businesses throughout the region;Retention/Expansion?