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Abstract:
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Recently, the University of Redlands received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The grant program is a collection of initiatives that focus on spatial solutions to small business problems and opportunities. The three primary components of the applied research component of the grant are regional market analysis, geo-referenced functional research, and GIS case studies. All three components have a spatial statistics perspective. This presentation summarizes grant methodology and findings, with an emphasis on linking statistical analyses to business maps of customers, competitors, and the resultant entrepreneurial opportunities. Open-source software for statistical modeling and spatial analysis are emphasized.
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