November 25, 2013
Right Under Your Nose
A company’s facilities and the environment in which they exist can be a strong competitive advantage — or a persistent drag on profitability.
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November 25, 2013
Fabric for the Future
In a speech to the American-Turkish Business Council this fall, Turkish President Abdullah Gül dropped a few facts on his audience:
November 22, 2013
Once and Future Kings
The problem in Europe is that you can’t run a plant profitably with one shift,” says automotive industry analyst David Cole, chairman emeritus of the Center for Automotive Research and now co-founder and chairman of AutoHarvest.
November 22, 2013
Getting Schooled
Forging new collaborations between universities and corporate investors is the linchpin behind the new business growth strategy of the desert Southwest.
November 22, 2013
Hungry?
In late 2012 when Hostess declared bankruptcy, a long line of Twinkie and Ding Dong jokes predictably exploded across the airwaves.
November 21, 2013
Brave New World
From Hank Aaron’s 715th home run to Sid Bream’s pennant-winning slide into home plate, Atlanta has been the site of some of the most historic moments in Major League Baseball history.
November 19, 2013
‘Positive, Professional And Proactive’
How can real estate be uniform and customized at the same time, especially across an expanse as vast and diverse as Asia?
November 18, 2013
‘No Taxes Means No Taxes’
Ten years tax-free. Five years income-tax-free for new employees. Proximity to a 64-campus system of higher education with ample research assets and enrollment approaching half a million students. What’s the catch?
November 18, 2013
First Place To Turn
Cory Guimond’s grandfather, Philias Guimond, began building wooden boats in the small fishing village of Escuminac in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1942. Since then, over 600 boats have been built over three generations.
November 18, 2013
Chinese FDI in the US and Mexico; multiple projects from Shaw Industries; the hottest US foreign trade zones; and a big treat for Tennessee from Unilever.
Chinese investors spent $12.2 billion in foreign direct investment in the first three quarters of 2013, on the way to a record-setting year, according to Rhodium Group’s Thilo Hanemann.
November 13, 2013
Press Release
Contact: Mark Arend (770) 325-3438 tel mark.arend@siteselection.com 6625 The Corners Parkway, Suite 200 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 • USA www.siteselection.com FDI Awards Presented at the World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment SHANGHAI, November 13, 2013: Site Selection Magazine and the FDI Association presented their first annual Foreign Direct Investment Awards today at the World Forum […]
November 13, 2013
Actions Speak Loudest
Governors continued to advance renewable energy, energy efficiency and other forms of clean energy during their 2013 state legislative sessions, according to a report released Oct. 21 by the National Governors Association (NGA).
November 13, 2013
Talking Turkey
More than $100 billion of investment will be required to meet growing energy demand in Turkey, says İlker Aycı, president of the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT).
November 13, 2013
E^2 Equals Mass.
In the company of U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) early this month released its annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard.
November 12, 2013
Have Special Economic Zones Entered the 21st Century?
Although many disagree on exactly where to trace the origins of the modern special economic zone, just about everyone would agree that zones have seen tremendous changes since the 1980s.
November 11, 2013
Asia and Beyond
One is a global pioneer in semiconductor research and manufacturing.
November 11, 2013
Making the Most of Incentives Opportunities
Public financial support for business is a common practice in most parts of the world as governments try to encourage corporate behavior that is beneficial to the economy and society at large.
November 11, 2013
Flight Plan
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says the state his family has called home for five generations has a “unique marriage of assets.” Some of them just need a second honeymoon.
November 11, 2013
What’s Your Vector?
By special arrangement with Site Selection, Von Hatley, managing director of Jones Walker Consulting, an affiliate of the prominent law firm that assists clients considering expansion, relocation or consolidation of business operations, recently sat down to interview longtime colleague Jerry Lundquist, the former head of the Global Aerospace and Defense practice at McKinsey & Co.
November 7, 2013
All Hands on Deck
It's been a scary few weeks for the Obama Administration, what with the health-care website nightmare, two weeks of haunted house from the government shutdown, the still-lurching approach of the debt ceiling deadline and international furor over the creepy tactics of the National Security Administration.
November 4, 2013
Press Release
Contact: Mark Arend (770) 325-3438 tel mark.arend@siteselection.com 6625 The Corners Parkway, Suite 200 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 • USA www.siteselection.com Press Release Site Selection Names Top State Business Climates Atlanta, November 4, 2013: Site Selection magazine has named Georgia as the state with the Top Business Climate for 2013. As revealed in the November 2013 […]
November 4, 2013
Macro-Data Micro-Climates
What do Equinix, Latisys and RagingWire have in common? All elected to expand their sizable data center operations in Loudoun County, Va., home to a rapidly growing cluster of co-location facilities.
November 4, 2013
SUNNY DAY IN GEORGIA
No longer a bridesmaid, Georgia claims the limelight in 2013 as the state with the best business climate, according to Site Selection’s annual ranking of states’ attractiveness to corporate facility investors.
November 4, 2013
Janus Report: Mitigating Risk
“Site Selection is all about risk management and risk analysis.”