This paper provides an impact study of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) annual conference held in Tulsa, OK on February 26-28, 2001. The paper describes and defines the concept of economic impact, presents the results of a study documenting the economic impact of the AHRD conference on the City of Tulsa, and outlines a methodology for performing an economic impact study.
Barta et al. (Fri,) studied this question.