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.
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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.
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Phillip M. Perry (2012 Directory)
Although credit has loosened up, both consumers and businesses are holding back on spending and cautiously heading into 2012.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Steve Stackhouse (November 2011)
Some smaller communities are offering prospects their own road crews to prepare privately owned sites for development.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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