TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 327: Transportation Implications of Emerging Economic Development Trends explores economic development trends and how transportation relates to these trends.  The report focuses on business production, inventory, and logistics and distribution trends and practices; site selection research and practices; labor market considerations; urban and rural development practices; and international trade and global market trends and implications.  The final report is at https://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9443