Evaluation of Cluster Attractiveness: Multi-Factor Approach
Architectural, engineering & related services: NAICS 5413
Indicators of Cluster
Attractiveness
Assessment of Attractiveness
Middle
Low
I) Cluster Potential
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2
3
4
5
6
7
Weights
High
8
9
10
40%
 Employment
Growth
X
 Output Growth
 Average Wages
 Life-Cycle
Phase?????
 Shift & Share
Analysis
(Competitive Comp.)
II) Cluster Industry
Characteristics
 Output/Worker
 Direct Value
Added/Worker
 Output Multiplier
 Location Quotient
 Percent Local
Demand met by
Local Suppliers.
(Social Accounts,
Commodity
Summary, LAST
column)
III) External
Environment
 Supporting
Industries
 Labor and human
resource pooling
 Access to
information and
performance
measures
 Access to inputs
and infrastructure
X
X
X?
X
35%
X
X
X
X
X
25%
X
X
X
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1) Employment Growth (1998 to 2001)
Growth:
11 county area: -6.43%
USA: 9.78%
Actual Employment:
11 county area
1998: 3,482; 2001: 3,258
USA
1998: 1,171,410; 2001: 1,285,927
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, County Patterns Data
2) Output Growth (1997 to 2001)
Growth:
11 county area (Toledo, OH MSA): 34.66%
USA: 49.22%
Actual Output:
11 county area (Toledo, OH MSA)
1997: $341,388,000; 2001: $459,738,000
USA
1997: $116,986,061,000; 2001: $174,571,080,000
Sources: 1997 Economic Census, IMPLAN Data,
www.census.gov/epcd/ec97/metro8/M8400_54.HTM
3) Average Wages (2001)
11 county area: $49,823
USA: $53,4343
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov
4) Life-Cycle Phase
5) Shift and Share Analysis (Competitive Component 1997 to 2001)
Total change in local industry employment: -224
Share Component: 198
Shift Component: 142
Competitive Component: -564
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, Country Patterns Data, IMPLAN Data 2001.
6) Output/Worker (2001)
11 county area: $83,695
USA: $74,409.87*
* The output per worker in the 11 county area was calculated only for the cluster
(IMPLAN code 439). The output per worker for USA was calculated as an average of
output per worker in all professional service industries (IMPLAN code 437-460)
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7) Direct Value Added/Worker(2001)
Method 1: Compare the direct value added/worker for the cluster in the 11 county area vs. the
architectural and engineering industry in the entire nation.
11 county area: $62,424
USA: $68,539
Method 2: Determine where the direct value added/worker in the industry for the 11 county area
lies in respect to direct value added/worker in the entire nation across all industries.
11 county area: $62,424
USA: $59,748
Source: IMPLAN data for 2001
8) Output Multiplier
11 county area: 1.163913
The output multiplier of the architectural and engineering cluster placed in the lowest 10% of all
the industries operating in the 11 county area.
9) Location Quotient (2001)
.8234
Source: IMPLAN data for 2001
10) Supporting Industries (2001)
The number of regional suppliers in the value-chain of this cluster above 0.1% is 33
The number of suppliers in the national value-chain of this cluster above 0.1% is 58
The percentage of regional suppliers in the overall value chain 33/58 = 56.9%
11) Labor and human resource pooling (2001)*
11 county area (educational attainment score): 2.8
Architectural and engineering industry (educational attainment score): 4.12
* The educational attainment score was calculated by assigning a score to a given level of
educational attainment and then weighing that score by the percentage of the population or
workforce that achieved this educational level. The scores that were assigned were the following:
1 – No high school diploma
2 – High school graduate
3 – Some college, no degree
4 – Associates degree
5 – Bachelor’s degree
6 – Master’s degree
University of Toledo both offer engineering degrees at the bachelor’s and master’s level. BGSU
offers only an associate’s degree in architecture and engineering.
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12) Access to information and performance measures
Architect Associations and Supervisory Organizations
1) American Institute of Architects, Toledo Chapter
2) State of Ohio Board of Examiners of Architects
Engineering Associations and Supervisory Organizations
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ohio’s Engineer’s and Surveyor’s Board
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers, Toledo Chapter
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Northwest Ohio Chapter
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