Ward van den Berg, Senior Research Associate, Arnoud van der Slot, Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (1-26-2010)
The market for clean energy technology (CET) is booming and will be the third-largest industrial sector in the world.
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Karl P. Sauvant, Executive Director, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International (1-26-2010)
Current FDI flows lowered in weakened global economy, but attraction of emerging markets remains.
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Clare Goldsberry (Dec/Jan 10)
As the cost of doing business rises in traditionally low-cost countries, companies are rethinking their offshoring plans.
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Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (12-22-2009)
The ninth edition of the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard explores recent developments in matters relating to innovation, science, technology, and globalization. In this regard, it compares characteristics of OECD member and major non-member economies.
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Bank of America Business Capital (12-10-2009)
Despite giving the current economy low marks, U.S. manufacturers CFOs are more optimistic than in recent years about the nation’s economic outlook.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (Nov 09)
The global PV (photovoltaic) industry is entering a period of dramatic transformation.
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Bill Luttrell, Global Site Selection Specialist (Nov 09)
Companies relocate operations to other countries largely for financial reasons. Has the global economic downturn created opportunities to move those operations back to the U.S.?
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J. Cranmer, Senior Managing Director, and Art Wegfahrt, Corporate Managing Director Studley, Inc. (Nov 09)
As we enter the new year, it is clear that companies are still evaluating best use of capital and cost savings from a location and real estate perspective.
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Deloitte Consulting LLP (11-9-2009)
Is it time to start bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.?
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Richard K. Wallace, Publisher, The Next Silicon Valley (Oct/Nov 09)
Innovative businesses and regions are flourishing and building “future knowledge ecosystems” — or the next Silicon Valley.
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Lisa A. Bastian, CBC (Oct/Nov 09)
Always firmly in the middle of booms and busts, Wisconsin's economy is holding steady against the recession.
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Mary Lou Byrd (Oct/Nov 09)
Steady business from overseas is a key element in preventing additional economic erosion in this recession-devastated state.
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Charles Kovacs, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (10-26-2009)
SWFs will continue to favor the major advanced economies, although they are unlikely to become a significant source of FDI.
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IBM Global Business Services (10-13-2009)
IBM's Global Location Trends report advises companies on their global location strategies and economic development organizations on improving their strategies to attract such companies.
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The World Bank (9-16-2009)
A record 131 economies around the globe reformed business regulation in 2008/09, according to the IFC–World Bank Doing Business 2010 report.
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Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum (9-16-2009)
The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 is the result of exhaustive research on the topic of country competitiveness by a network of researchers around the world.
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Mali R. Schantz-Feld (Aug/Sep 09)
By honing incentives and investing in infrastructure, the western provinces are strengthening traditional and new industries.
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Daniel H. Levine, Founder, MetroCompare LLC (Aug/Sep 09)
Strategic partnerships and targeted incentive programs can help economic developers keep jobs in the U.S.
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (9-1-2009)
UNCTAD’s World Investment Prospects Survey 2009–2011 provides an outlook on future trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) by the largest transnational corporations (TNCs)
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OCO Global (7-21-2009)
OCO Insight publication explores the major transitions under way in the FDI market, brought about in part by the economic crises and its resulting impact on FDI volumes
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