More and more states are getting the message: Create a positive business climate — or else. Else what? Well, else be prepared to watch helplessly while neighboring states win the battle for new corporate facility investments and the jobs and economic growth that accompany them. That?s what. Site Selection?s 31st annual ?50 Legislative Climates? survey […]

China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: Politics has perhaps never made for bedfellows so odd and uncomfortable. But ?the three Chinas? are inextricably linked. The next year will sharply shape their business location prospects, with the outcome of inordinate interest to expansion-minded firms. In a few decades, China?s economy will likely be the world?s largest, spurring […]

In November, U.S. voters will once again choose the nation?s chief executive. Their decision will have a far-reaching impact on business operations in the United States and abroad for the next four years. The following are excepts from the October Site Selection?s quadrennial Presidential Face-Off, comparing and contrasting the views of Democratic candidate (and incumbent […]

Roaring back from a near-death experience, newly profitable Euro Disney is now expanding, creating Val d?Europe, a strikingly different new town. ?We?ve moved from restructuring to reconquest,? says Bourguignon. After years of being looked at like some sort of animal, it is very good to feel normal.? The Park Opens, Critics Swarm Euro Disney?s rocky […]

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by Peter Miscovich President, Interior Space International High-technology. Flexible work scheduling. Corporate downsizing. Teaming. Office hoteling. Reduced occupancy costs. Enhanced productivity. Work force diversification. The “learning organization.” New corporate concerns, objectives, technologies and philosophies have transformed today’s workplace. Companies planning to lease office space must recognize that buildings of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s no […]