Think about Case 3 of this course.  The way in which we're thinking of libraries and their service areas relates to which of Jones and Simmons's three approaches to market area analysis?  (See their Table 11.1)

The Boyles book reports on a website that provides information to all regarding location of real-estate and location opportunities within a particular city.  The city's purpose is to reduce the cost to potential entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors who might benefit from such information and decide to locate economic activities within the city.
Take a look at this website:  What features does it have that support retail market analysis?  What types of retail market analysis are supported?  What ideas does the website give you regarding the use of geographic information and GIS in industrial location analysis?

The Boyles book reports on a website that provides information to all regarding employment and training opportunities, detailed workforce characteristics, and tips for seeking employment.  The city's purpose is to increase the likelihood that someone looking for (different) employment in the city can find it, and to reduce the cost to existing and potential employers of identifying workers.
Take a look at this website:  What geographic information does it provide?  What uses does it make of GIS capabilities?  If you were looking for employment in the Los Angeles area, what components of this website would be useful to you?  How important for you would be the actual location of employment and training opportunities, within the metro area?

Describe a process to assess the immobile assets of a regional economy (e.g., a state or a metro area), and to determine what mobile assets the region should try to attract.  How might GIS be useful?  Make use of the Colgan and Baker article and the ESRI article in the reader.

Describe one of the guest presentations in terms of what you've learned and done earlier in this course.  What economic or public-policy question(s) did the presenter discuss?  What sorts of geographic information are useful for answering the questions?  What non-geographic information is needed?  From what sources does the presenter obtain the information?  What sorts of analyses did the presenter engage in?  Relate the problem, data, and analysis to concepts, cases, and/or projects you've learned in this course.