November 2007

COVER STORY
The 2008 Location Directory contains 3,500+ contacts to help with your next location search. Listings are grouped by region and then by state within each region. Web and e-mail links are also provided as well as demographics, buildings and sites, and more.
FEATURES
By Jenny Massey, Senior Project Manager, Bingham Economic Development Advisors (BEDA) (Nov 07)
Company executives must not only know how incentives will affect their business plan; they must also know how to negotiate for incentives and manage their fulfillment.
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By Debra Collins (Nov 07)
From providing customized training to building up an area’s work force,
community colleges can be an invaluable company resource.
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By Mark A. Borodynko, Senior Director of Project Controls; Skanska USA
(Nov 07)
If time is money, keeping a project on budget requires utilizing the project’s estimate, schedule, cost forecasting, and earned value systems interactively.
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By Tim Feemster, Senior Vice President, Global Logistics, Grubb & Ellis Company (Nov 07)
A five-phase process can take your company from defining the key attributes
for its success to picking the optimal PLACE and site to do business.
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By Mark Dixon, Chief Executive Officer; The Regus Group (Nov 07)
Flexible worksites and mobile employees can offer strategic site selection advantages, but business owners must find the right balance.
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By Cynthia Kincaid (Nov 07)
Government agencies are turning more frequently to financial incentives
as tools for retaining businesses and jobs. But do these breaks benefit
the communities, too?
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By Phillip M. Perry (Nov 07)
Keep up with federal regulations on hiring workers from other countries
to protect yourself and your company from costly legal challenges.
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DEPARTMENTS
By Geraldine Gambale, Editor, Area Development Magazine (Nov 07)
You need to be an economic wizard to figure out where the U.S. economy is heading. How can some economists argue that the nation is on the brink of a recession when, according to the Commerce Department, the U.S. GDP grew nearly 4 percent in the third quarter — the strongest gain since the first quarter of 2006?
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By John Brennan, President; Brennan Environmental, Inc.
(Nov 07)
The goal of environmental due diligence is to identify potential areas of concern and to quantify the costs and timeframe potentially needed for remediation.
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STATE RESOURCES
Find the latest information regarding corporate taxes, financial and business incentives, credits, grants, current state information, contact directory and available buildings and sites in all 50 states.
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