Welcome to the Center for Community and Business Research

The Center for Community and Business Research serves the needs of economic development agencies, workforce development boards, businesses, associations, city, state and federal governments and other community stakeholders in search of information to make better decisions. Our team comprises skilled economists, statisticians, researchers, faculty and interns from varying academic departments including, but not limited to, the colleges of Architecture, Business, Public Policy and Sciences. We develop, conduct and report on research projects that are designed to shed light on how organizations, communities, or the economy work. Our capabilities and deliverables include:

economic impact analyses
feasibility studies
surveys of business and community organizations

secondary data analysis
report writing and presentation

Research

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Recent Economic and Community Impact of Unconventional Oil and Gas Exploration and Production on South Texas Counties in the Eagle Ford Shale Area

June 9, 2020, Research

Recent unconventional oil and gas exploration in the United States has produced unexpected benefits in the balance of trade and global energy security. The impacts are also being felt at the community level in several parts of the U.S. One such area is the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, which has historically been among […]...
Reconciling Ecosystem Services with Economic Theory and Policy

June 9, 2019, Research

Neoclassical economic theory, which has come to dominate much of the policymaking world,reduces the factors of production to labor and capital. The link between land — or more generally natural capital and ecosystem services – with economy has effectively been severed by neoclassical economic thought. In that aftermath, both policymaker...