November 11, 2013
Asia and Beyond
One is a global pioneer in semiconductor research and manufacturing.
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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.”
November 1, 2013
What Do Foreign Companies Know That U.S. Companies Don’t?
Even after the November 2012 election results were known, non-US-based companies looked forward to investing capital in US facilities in 2013.
October 30, 2013
A Less Taxing Environment
The Keystone State may have unlocked the key to sustainable economic recovery: reducing the overall tax bill and freeing business from the burden of over-regulation.
October 29, 2013
The South Carolina Model
Creating jobs in rural America has always been a challenge for state economic development organizations.
October 29, 2013
Sector Update: Oil & Gas Services
Malaysia’s Oil & Gas Machinery and Equipment sector gained new momentum in August with the opening of the expansion of Halliburton’s Malaysia Manufacturing and Technology Centre in Senai, in the southern state of Johor Bahru.
October 28, 2013
Under the Microscope
“Site Selection for Life Sciences Companies,” a report released this month by business intelligence firm Venture Valuation and KPMG, uses an agglomeration of other reports and proprietary data to analyze key decision factors relevant to the leading life sciences clusters in France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK.
October 28, 2013
Back Into Town
The typical university research park is 119 acres, has seven buildings open and is located in a suburban jurisdiction with a population of 500,000 or less.
October 23, 2013
Making History
Amazon is pursuing its usual pre-holidays hiring ramp-up, even as it ramps up the number of e-fulfillment centers that will welcome most of those employees.
October 22, 2013
Surprise.
Early this summer a group of site consultants from across the country came to visit Northwest Ohio.
October 22, 2013
Europe’s New IT Hub
Two of Europe’s most significant IT capital investment projects just landed in the same region — the federal German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
October 21, 2013
Tenth Anniversary of The WORLD FORUM for Foreign Direct Investment 2013 Forum Fever
As August holidaymakers return from vacation, fully energised and ready for the next busy months, preparations for the Tenth Anniversary edition of The WORLD FORUM for Foreign Direct Investment 2013 are being cranked up another notch in the London and Shanghai offices of Red Hot Locations.
October 21, 2013
Visible Difference
“Push the infrastructure,” said Scott Condra, president of Jacoby Development, during a panel discussion at Brownfields 2013 in Atlanta this summer.
October 16, 2013
HealthPlan Services Expands Its Footprint
Read any publication, scan any website — there are few topics hotter than health-care services right now.
October 15, 2013
Open to Alternatives
Business customers are used to partnering with Ameren and its economic development team to optimize operations.
October 14, 2013
Blemish Remover
Tommy Strömberg, COO and EVP Products for Innotech Solar, used to work for REC Silicon, where about six years ago one of his colleagues had an idea.
October 14, 2013
The Lives of Buildings
It wasn’t enough to help prevent partial federal government shutdown, but it was impressive nonetheless.