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September 2013
COVER STORY Logistics
Passageways To Prosperity
Savvy new reports spotlight global logistics costs, trends and locations you might not have considered.
Passageways To Prosperity
Savvy new reports spotlight global logistics costs, trends and locations you might not have considered.
FEATURES Top Utilities Of 2013
Generation Next
This year's Top Utilities in Economic Development know how to help projects and communities hit growth milestones.
Generation Next
This year's Top Utilities in Economic Development know how to help projects and communities hit growth milestones.
Solar Energy
Shedding Light On the Bottom Line
Companies far and wide are finding ways to let the sun do the work.
Shedding Light On the Bottom Line
Companies far and wide are finding ways to let the sun do the work.
Infrastructure
The 2013 Infrastructure Report
Our annual Infrastructure Report unveils insights and plans from all three NAFTA territories.
The 2013 Infrastructure Report
Our annual Infrastructure Report unveils insights and plans from all three NAFTA territories.
Canada's Best Locations 2013
Home and Away
The best in Canadian economic development feature the right mix of focus abroad and taking care of your own.
Home and Away
The best in Canadian economic development feature the right mix of focus abroad and taking care of your own.
Plastics & Chemicals
Mutual Benefit Society
Affordable feedstock affords companies the opportunity to invest anew in the US.
Mutual Benefit Society
Affordable feedstock affords companies the opportunity to invest anew in the US.
The Rural Advantage
The South Carolina Model
A pioneer in rural economic development describes his home state’s approach to home-style prosperity.
The South Carolina Model
A pioneer in rural economic development describes his home state’s approach to home-style prosperity.
INVESTMENT PROFILES Investment Profile
Malaysia
Malaysia Rising: Medical devices are one key industry helping Malaysia to ascend world competitiveness rankings.
Malaysia
Malaysia Rising: Medical devices are one key industry helping Malaysia to ascend world competitiveness rankings.
Investment Profile
Ascendas
Future Space - Now Ready For Occupancy: Corporate investors in Southeast Asia say they can invest with confidence in complex markets by working with a well-connected, customer-focused and forward-thinking partner - like
Ascendas
Future Space - Now Ready For Occupancy: Corporate investors in Southeast Asia say they can invest with confidence in complex markets by working with a well-connected, customer-focused and forward-thinking partner - like
Investment Profile
San Bernardino County, California
Speed to Market: California's largest county helps businesses reach their customers faster and cheaper.
San Bernardino County, California
Speed to Market: California's largest county helps businesses reach their customers faster and cheaper.
Investment Profile
City of Hamilton & McMaster Innovation Park
‘Firing On All Cylinders’: A city, a university and a start-up attitude are making things happen in Hamilton, Ontario.
City of Hamilton & McMaster Innovation Park
‘Firing On All Cylinders’: A city, a university and a start-up attitude are making things happen in Hamilton, Ontario.
Investment Profile
Indiana
Shovel Ready Sites: Short Cuts to Success: Local economic developers count certified sites among their areas’ most valuable amenities.
Indiana
Shovel Ready Sites: Short Cuts to Success: Local economic developers count certified sites among their areas’ most valuable amenities.
Investment Profile
Ameren
Open to Alternatives: Ameren always helps companies consider their options. It’s also helping its home territory and nation consider our energy future.
Ameren
Open to Alternatives: Ameren always helps companies consider their options. It’s also helping its home territory and nation consider our energy future.
Investment Profile
Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Europe’s New IT Hub: Major high-tech investments in the same location — Saxony-Anhalt capital Magdeburg — are not a coincidence.
Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Europe’s New IT Hub: Major high-tech investments in the same location — Saxony-Anhalt capital Magdeburg — are not a coincidence.
Investment Profile
Toledo, Ohio
Surprise.: Fresh from a visit to Greater Toledo, national consultants shed some light on perceptions, misperceptions and outright truths.
Toledo, Ohio
Surprise.: Fresh from a visit to Greater Toledo, national consultants shed some light on perceptions, misperceptions and outright truths.
SPECIAL AD SECTIONS Special Advertising Section
Biotech Locations
The Rebound of Life Sciences: A new wave of innovation and investment may be on the horizon.
Biotech Locations
The Rebound of Life Sciences: A new wave of innovation and investment may be on the horizon.
INTERNATIONAL World Reports
Can the UK Buck the EU Trend?
The United Kingdom and one of its key metros demonstrate economic resiliency.
Can the UK Buck the EU Trend?
The United Kingdom and one of its key metros demonstrate economic resiliency.
DEPARTMENTS Red Hot Locations
Forum Fever
Tenth Anniversary of The WORLD FORUM for Foreign Direct Investment 2013: 11th–13th November, Shanghai, China
Forum Fever
Tenth Anniversary of The WORLD FORUM for Foreign Direct Investment 2013: 11th–13th November, Shanghai, China
AREA SPOTLIGHTS California
Full Stream Ahead
Has the California business climate turned the corner? Key reforms portend bigger gains ahead.
Full Stream Ahead
Has the California business climate turned the corner? Key reforms portend bigger gains ahead.
North Carolina
Sometimes A State Really Does Have the Best Work Force
GE Aviation picks an underdog location for its ceramic matrix composite plant, lifting the fortunes of four Tar Heel communities, not just one.
Sometimes A State Really Does Have the Best Work Force
GE Aviation picks an underdog location for its ceramic matrix composite plant, lifting the fortunes of four Tar Heel communities, not just one.
Upper Midwest
'Go Midwest, Young Man'
Pro-business governors rebuild a region as they shake off the rust of failed policies.
'Go Midwest, Young Man'
Pro-business governors rebuild a region as they shake off the rust of failed policies.
Texas
A City To Live In
Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth generate momentum with corporate-driven neighborhoods.
A City To Live In
Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth generate momentum with corporate-driven neighborhoods.
The Dakotas
On the Beaten Path
Recent rankings quantify the Dakotas’ rise in business climate attractiveness and why they are now population magnets.
On the Beaten Path
Recent rankings quantify the Dakotas’ rise in business climate attractiveness and why they are now population magnets.
Wisconsin
A New Wisconsin Revs Up
Packers’ fans aren’t the only folks cheering in Wisconsin; industry leaders in energy and software like the changes they see coming out of Madison.
A New Wisconsin Revs Up
Packers’ fans aren’t the only folks cheering in Wisconsin; industry leaders in energy and software like the changes they see coming out of Madison.
Pennsylvania
Renewal Row
There’s no shortage of head-turning redevelopment projects in the Commonwealth, but refinery rebirth was the most unexpected of all.
Renewal Row
There’s no shortage of head-turning redevelopment projects in the Commonwealth, but refinery rebirth was the most unexpected of all.
Mid-Atlantic States
‘One City’
The mayor of the nation’s capital sees economic transformation as more than a slogan.
‘One City’
The mayor of the nation’s capital sees economic transformation as more than a slogan.
Massachusetts
Still Ahead
Educational institutions provide the learning infrastructure that keeps the Commonwealth a science and technology leader.
Still Ahead
Educational institutions provide the learning infrastructure that keeps the Commonwealth a science and technology leader.
The U.S. Southeast
Visible Difference
Seven governors show and tell what they think about infrastructure.
Visible Difference
Seven governors show and tell what they think about infrastructure.
Pennsylvania
Think Globally, Hire Locally
Foreign direct investors are behind much of the Commonwealth's surge in new jobs in 2014.
Think Globally, Hire Locally
Foreign direct investors are behind much of the Commonwealth's surge in new jobs in 2014.
