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Government Competitiveness Report: Manufacturing Is America’s Biggest Source for Innovation

U.S. Department of Commerce (1/20/2012)

A new U.S Department of Commerce report delivered to Congress puts forth a number of bipartisan ideas on how to sustain and promote American innovation and economic competitiveness. More

Refocused Economic Development: Less Smoke, More Fire

Daniel H. Levine, Principal, MetroCompare (2012 Directory)

Collaborative state economic development agendas may be better able to support businesses in locations where economic growth is not happening quickly enough. More

Forecast 2012: Grappling with Economic Uncertainty

Phillip M. Perry (2012 Directory)

Although credit has loosened up, both consumers and businesses are holding back on spending and cautiously heading into 2012. More

Diminishing State Budgets and Public Scrutiny Contribute to Uncertain Business Incentives Climate

Brian Corde, Managing Partner, Atlas Insight (2012 Directory)

Although some state and municipal governments have scaled back their incentives offerings, monies are still available for the “right” projects deemed to benefit their constituencies. More

2012 Office Real Estate Market Outlook: In for a Slow Recovery

Bill Krouch , CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle Americas - Markets, Jones Lang LaSalle (2012 Directory)

Global economic uncertainty, resulting in a lack of business confidence, is overshadowing recovery in the office real estate market. More

2012 Industrial Real Estate Market Outlook: Occupy Big Box

Craig Meyer, Executive Managing Director and leader of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Logistics and Industrial Services group, Jones Lang LaSalle (2012 Directory)

There was a modest recovery in demand for industrial real estate in 2011, with demand for “big box” space dominating the market. More

Uncertainty: The New Normal for Site Selection and Facility Investment

Mark M. Sweeney, Senior Principal, McCallum Sweeney Consulting (2012 Directory)

An uncertain economic and political environment has slowed new facility and expansion activity, but savvy communities are getting ready to lure those companies that are ready to make a move. More

Grubb & Ellis 2012 Forecast: Commercial Real Estate Sales Could Rise 25%

Grubb & Ellis (1/5/2012)

Grubb & Ellis foresees slow yet steady growth in commercial real estate property sectors this year according to its new 2012 national real estate forecast report. More

Smaller Communities Can Offer Your Company a Helping Hand

Steve Stackhouse (November 2011)

Some smaller communities are offering prospects their own road crews to prepare privately owned sites for development. More

Industry Clusters: Importance of Place still Relevant to Business Success

Hal Johnson, President and CEO, Upstate SC Alliance (November 2011)

Although industry clustering may not be the economic development “Holy Grail”, an effective clustering strategy is still a proven recipe for success More

U.S. Patent System Gets an Overhaul

Dan Calabrese (November 2011)

Under new U.S. patent laws, the original inventor must file for patent within one year of publicly disclosing the innovation or lose the right to do so. More

The Unemployment Conundrum: Business Cycles or Something Larger?

Dave Claborn , Director of Development and Community Relations, Ohio State University, Marion (November 2011)

If the nation’s unemployment crisis is to be solved, education as well as on-the-job experience must now be combined with the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing business environment. More

New Trade Agreements Slowly Becoming a Reality

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. More

The NLRB Ups the Ante

Woodruff Imberman, Imberman and DeForest (Fall 2011)

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is continuing its pro-union agenda with all the enthusiasm of a cat chasing a canary. More

Super-Regions Mean Super-Business

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. More

Housing Crunch Puts Squeeze on Corporate Expansions

Dave Claborn , Director of Development and Community Relations, Ohio State University, Marion (Fall 2011)

Despite today’s high unemployment, the weak housing market has made potential hires unwilling — or unable — to relocate for a new job. More

Global Innovation Trends Impact the Business Location Process

Richard A. Bendis, President and CEO, Innovation America and Les J. Cranmer, Senior Managing Director, Studley, Inc.  (Fall 2011)

With high unemployment rates and the critical need for job creation, performance indicators for economic development activity are needed now more than ever. More

U.S. Falls to Fifth Place in New Report Identifying the World's Most Competitive Economies

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. More

Grubb & Ellis: U.S. Logistics Market Experienced a Strong First Half of 2011

Grubb & Ellis (9/7/2011)

The First Half 2011 Grubb & Ellis Logistics Market Trends report provides an overview of the U.S. logistics sector as well as an in-depth look at local drivers and performance across 12 sea port and eight intermodal logistics markets. More

PwC Report Reveals U.S.-Based Industrial Manufacturers Grew Global Sales in 2nd Quarter 2011; Worldwide Industrial Manufacturing M&A Value Up 70 Percent

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). More
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