this report prepared for north carolina s southeast a regional economic development organization by office of university at chapel hill edward j feser ph d assistant professor jun koo project manager january 2001 targeting opportunities industry and labor clusters in southeastern hillii direct questions or comments to department city planning cb 3140 howell building 200c nc 27599 voice 919 962 4768 fax 5206 email unc edu special thanks aaron cain guochen song bryan wenter henry renski assistance with data collection mapping also karen becker the editing design layout document 910 862 8511 info ncse org www iii summary recommendations action t his updates expands scope applying cluster analysis regions partnership region study completed 1996 researchers institute