Business activity in New England in many cases is the equivalent of “musical states” or “musical cities.” That is, while there is a healthy amount of new business and business expansion activity in the region, a lot of what is taking place is business consolidation and/or moving existing businesses from state to state or city to city.

The following is excerpted with permission from Dr. George Hammond’s March 2013 report in Arizona’s Economy, a publication of the Economic and Business Research Center (EBR) at the Eller College of Management, University of Arizona. Dr. Hammond is Associate Director of EBR and Eller Research Professor.

Christopher Prentice represents exactly the kind of company that increasingly is finding a home along U.S. Gulf Coast — high-tech, international and rapidly growing.

Since January 2012 the Kentucky Golden Triangle of Louisville, Lexington and Northern Kentucky has welcomed 120 corporate facility projects to the three metro areas. The triangle is neither equilateral nor Pythagorean, but it might be isosceles: Greater Lexington and Northern Kentucky tally 30 projects each, while Greater Louisville tallies 60. But each side has its points, so to speak. And each gains strength from the other communities in its ambit.

Every time a new Kubota compact tractor speeds off the assembly line in Jefferson, Ga., it’s a reminder of just how multinational commerce has become in the Peach State.

Companies like eBay, Adobe, IM Flash and FireEye are building their facilities in the Beehive State because that’s where their honey is — a strong supply of skilled workers, a business climate that encourages and rewards high-tech enterprise growth and the technical infrastructure statewide that is critical to their businesses.