Gene DePrez, Partner, Global Innovation Partners (Location USA 2012)
The United States, with its huge and easily served unified market, is in the sights of foreign investors.
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Héctor Murguía Lardizábal, Mayor, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and John Cook, Mayor, El Paso, Texas (2012 Directory)
The editor of Area Development recently met with the mayors of El Paso, Texas, and Juárez, Mexico, to find out how they are working together to advance business in this cross-border area.
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Dr. Christof Spathelf, Head of Group Manufacturing Overseas, Volkswagen AG (November 2011)
In May 2011, Volkswagen officially opened its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, TN, creating 2,000 jobs and projected to have an $18 billion economic impact on the region. We discussed the site selection process with the Head of Overseas Group Manufacturing at Volkswagen, Dr. Christof Spathelf.
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James T. Berger (November 2011)
While it has taken an inordinately long time to get trade agreements with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia approved, many believe the benefits will prove to be worth the wait.
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IBM Global Business Services, IBM Institute for Business Value (11/16/2011)
According to IBM’s newly released "Global Location Trends" 2011 report, after two years of decline foreign direct investment (FDI) has finally begun to recover, and companies are learning how to adjust their global activities to new economic realities.
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John Carver, Executive Vice President, Ports Airports and Global Infastructure Group, Jones Lang LaSalle (Fall 2011)
With its proximity not only to the east/west all-water route from Asia via the Panama Canal, but also its strategic position as the U.S. gateway to north/south trade with the emerging economies of Central and South America, Florida is fast-becoming a logistics hub.
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Mark Crawford (Fall 2011)
Through regional collaboration, cities/communities are leveraging their transportation, business, and cultural strengths, providing an advantage to companies that choose to locate in their regions, while helping grow their economies.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers (9/19/2011)
A new PwC survey reveals that in the next one to two years, over half (51 percent) of American private companies plan on expanding into overseas markets, and 48 percent already have a global presence.
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Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum (9/9/2011)
More evidence the American economy is slowly sinking comes from The World Economic Forum's new Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, which places the U.S. as the fifth most-competitive economy in the world.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers (8/19/2011)
In the midst of a roller-coaster global economy, there is encouraging news to share about international manufacturing by way of Assembling Value, a quarterly analysis of M&A activity in the global industrial manufacturing industry produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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James T. Berger (July 2011)
Organized labor — in industries that are a vital part of the U.S. supply chain — is worried that the three FTAs currently on the table won’t deliver on their promises to create jobs and increase U.S. competitiveness.
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John Morris, Partner, Global Consulting Practice, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. (July 2011)
Volatility in logistics variables is creating a paradigm shift and making location decisions much more challenging.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (July 2011)
Proposed Infrastructure Investments Along Key Transportation and Supply Chain Routes
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Harry Moser , Founder, The Reshoring Initiative (July 2011)
Harry Moser has founded a movement aimed at convincing OEMs to bring their in-house and outsourced manufacturing back to the United States. The editor of Area Development recently questioned him about this endeavor.
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Mark Crawford (July 2011)
Investment in infrastructure and intermodal facilities is necessary if the United States is to keep pace with the demands of
increasing global trade.
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Area Development Online Research Desk and Lauren Picariello, Vice President, Director of Occupier Research, Jones Lang Lasalle (7/7/2011)
Recently Jones Lang LaSalle released the results of its inaugural Global Corporate Real Estate Survey.The survey revealed four major trends expected to impact CRE for the next 12 to 24 months—if not longer. One largely under-reported trend: the rise of the "workforce mobility program" around the globe.
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The Council on Competitiveness, Compete.org (6/14/2011)
Ignite 2.0 provides recommendations on improving U.S. manufacturing competitiveness via talent-driven innovation, education and advanced skills development, as well as research, science, technology, innovation and full life-cycle commercialization.
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Ernst & Young and Urban Land Institute (6/10/2011)
The Urban Land Institute and Ernst & Young released the results of their annual joint global infrastructure survey — Infrastructure 2011: A Strategic Priority - which concludes that immediate steps are needed to close the gap with the rest of the world and help the U.S. create sustainable jobs.
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Jones Lang LaSalle (6/6/2011)
A new white paper from Jones Lang LaSalle explains the factors companies should consider to make optimal site selection decisions and makes the case for manufacturing in the United States. According to the report, U.S. manufacturing is not a thing of the past, but is a critically important aspect of the nation’s future.
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Aaron Brickman, Director, Invest in America, United States Department of Commerce (6/6/2011)
A guide to federal level resources available for foreign investors in the United States. These programs complement existing U.S. state and local efforts to promote inward investment.
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