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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Area Development Online Research Desk (Q2 / Spring 2013)
Corporate real estate executives are being asked to do more with less, but CRE leaders have an opportunity to drive productivity and affect corporate competitiveness like at no other time.
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Area Development Magazine Special Presentation (Q1 / Winter 2013)
Although the survey results show no dramatic upswings in new facility or expansion plans, there are noted changes in site selection priorities – perhaps as a result of the lackluster economic recovery.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (February 2013)
Although supply chains are becoming highly sophisticated and are vital to a company’s competitiveness, risk is inherent in their global nature.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (February 2013)
Milken Study Highlights Metros Recovering Most Quickly from the Economic Recession and Growing Their Economies.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (February 2013)
In late January, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) released its Q4 2012 Manufacturing Barometer revealing U.S. industrial manufacturers’ increased optimism regarding the domestic economy with uncertainty for the world economy.
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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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Area Development Online Research Desk (December 2012)
It’s been more than three years since the Great Recession ended, and only six states have regained employment levels enjoyed prior to the recession, while 17 states are still more than 5 percent below their pre-recession employment levels. This is according to The 2012 State New Economy Index from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF).
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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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Area Development Online Research Desk (December 2012)
A study recently released by The Business Roundtable and the United States Council for International Business comes to the conclusion that the success of U.S. companies in the global economy directly relates to economic growth and job creation here at home.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (December 2012)
A study conducted by NERA Economic Consulting in Washington, D.C., finds that exporting natural gas would benefit the U.S. economy even if it led to higher domestic prices for the fuel.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (November 2012)
“Taxes are a fact of life,” the Tax Foundation states in a new background paper, but “not all tax systems are created equal.” With that in mind, the organization sets out every year to rank U.S. states in its “State Business Climate Tax Index.”
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Area Development Online Research Desk (November 2012)
A healthy manufacturing sector is one of the keys to the country’s economic future, most Americans believe, and for the most part they feel the United States has what it takes to make manufacturing thrive. But they’re not entirely optimistic that all the pieces will fall into place.
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Area Development Online Research Desk (November 2012)
Despite continued uncertainty about the prospects of both the U.S. and global economies, the majority of U.S. industrial manufacturers remain positive regarding the overall revenue outlook for the next 12 months.
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Area Development Magazine Special Presentation (Fall 2012)
For the third consecutive year, Area Development magazine's editors
have conducted a survey of a select group of highly respected location
consultants who work with a nationwide client base.
We asked the consultants to name their top-5 state choices in
14 site selection categories.
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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)
The U.S. East Coast is gearing up for an expanded Panama Canal as trade flows continue to shift among developed and emerging countries. This has resulted in increased competition for market share of inbound shipping.
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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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Area Development Online Research Desk (August 2012)
Colliers International recently released its North American Port Analysis Report highlighting the rapid growth of "intermodalism" and the need for significant investment in U.S. ports post-Panamax.
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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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