Area Development Online Research Desk (Q2 / Spring 2013)
The report includes a survey of C-level executives from across more than 10 manufacturing-related industries, and 37 percent of the respondents cite the U.S. as the preferred nearshoring spot, the same percentage that prefer Mexico.
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Supisara Chomparn, Director, Thailand Board of Investment, New York (March 2013)
Area Development’s editor recently posed some questions to the director of Thailand’s Board of Investment in New York, Supisara Chomparn, about the country’s economic growth and business attraction efforts.
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Area Development Online News Desk (January2013)
IBM’s 2012 Global Location Trends report attempts to provide a current view of the world’s “location landscape,” as companies determine where to locate their operations in order to maintain their competitiveness.
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Will O’Shea, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, 3PD Inc. (Directory 2013)
Companies may need to realign their site selection strategies to stay ahead of the curve. Instead of merely focusing efforts on how goods are getting from point “A” to “B” today, they must also consider how they will travel tomorrow. Here’s a look at five supply chain trends worth watching...
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Area Development Online Research Desk (December 2012)
New research from Jones Lang LaSalle reveals the top five reasons to consider Mexico as a key supply chain location.
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Mark Crawford (Fall 2012)
Traditional and innovative industries are driving economic growth across Canada.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (October 2012)
Of the 55 large international cities highlighted in KPMG's 2012 Competitive Alternatives: Focus on Tax report, three U.S. cities rank among the top 20; Cincinnati (16th), Baltimore (17th), and Cleveland (18th).
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Area Development Online Research Desk (September 2012)
This continues the U.S. decline in the rankings for the fourth year in a row, with business leaders continuing to raise concerns about a lack of government efficiency among other macroeconomic issues.
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Douglas L. Donahue, Entrada Group (August 2012)
In addition to its lower labor costs, Mexico's proximity to the Americas and its stable, transparent operating environment are making it a location of choice for many U.S. companies.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (August 2012)
Detroit and Tysons Corner, Virginia are noted in the new and extended cities category for their transformational nature in reinventing existing cities.
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KPMG (3/22/2012)
Both business costs and quality of life issues "significantly influence the competitiveness of locations for different types of business," KPMG's Competitive Alternatives: Guide to International Business Location Costs concluded in the 2012 edition of its survey.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (Winter 2012)
With more than 17 years of operating in Tijuana, DJO's has received U.S. and International awards for its quality and operational excellence, including AME's Manufacturing Excellence award, IndustryWeek "Best Plants," and the Shingo prize for operational excellence.
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Clare Goldsberry (Winter 2012)
As companies expand their capabilities, Mexico's advantages - and proximity to its biggest export market - will become evident and its manufacturing base will expand even further.
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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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Area Development Online Research Desk (2/16/2012)
The Santiago metropolitan region, home to nearly 7 million people, is the engine of the Chilean economy, accounting for 40 percent of the country's economic output. As a result, Chile's growth is deeply intertwined with development in Santiago.
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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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Steve Stackhouse (Fall 2011)
Sound decision-making by Canadian banks and businesses has resulted in the nation's weathering the global economic downturn better than most and putting it in a position to grow more rapidly.
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The Economist Intelligence Unit (3/4/2011)
In its Liveability Rankings, the Economist Intelligence Unit bestows Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with the top honor for the world's most liveable city.
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European Commission on Enterprise and Industry (2/22/2011)
In its Innovation Union Scoreboard 2010, the European Commission on Enterprise and Industry names Denmark, Finland, Germany, and Sweden as top innovators.
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Entrada Group (2/8/2011)
Paul M. Karon of the Entrada Group will present findings of a study on manufacturing site selection in Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
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