Corporate & Consultants Survey Complete Results
Area Development Magazine Special Presentation (Dec/Jan 10)
After 2009’s economic woes, business executives look to balance their cost-related priorities with their 2010 growth strategies according to Area Development's Annual Corporate and Consultants Survey.
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Corporate Survey Series: Site Selection Factors
Dan Calabrese (Nov 09)
Although the nature of business has changed through the years, highway access and frontage still rank high among site selectors.
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Matt Szuhaj, Director, Spencer Schobert, Senior Leader, Deloitte Consulting Strategy & Operations Practice, San Francisco (Oct/Nov 09)
The ranking of available land and buildings by the respondents to Area Development’s Corporate Survey reflects the fact that the importance of these factors is contingent on the project.
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Ed McCallum, Senior Principal, McCallum Sweeney Consulting, Inc. (Oct/Nov 09)
The increased importance with which Corporate Survey respondents regard the “right-to-work” and “low union profile” factors signifies the need for a new dialogue between labor and management.
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Russ Dixon, Sunteck Transport Group (Aug/Sep 09)
Proximity to markets and suppliers may be more important in your site selection decision than indicated by these factors’ rankings by survey respondents.
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Will O’Shea, 3PD Inc. (Aug/Sep 09)
Although highway accessibility is consistently ranked at or near the top of the site selection factors, other factors may cause a company to opt for a site near a road less traveled.
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Christopher Steele, President, CWS Consulting Group LLC (June/July 09)
While immediate financial concerns may cause companies to shift focus, skilled labor still drives long-term success.
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Les J. Cranmer, Senior Managing Director; and Art M. Wegfahrt, Corporate Managing Director, Studley, Inc. (June/July 09)
Has the loss of 5.7 million jobs had an impact on the consideration of labor costs in the site selection decision?
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Darin Buelow and Jovana Trkulja, Deloitte Consulting LLP (Apr/May 09)
The current economic slowdown presents an opportunity for companies to assess energy costs and reliability at their present location.
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Jenny Massey, Senior Project Manager, Bingham Economic Development Advisors (BEDA) (Apr/May 09)
With the downturn of the economy and uncertainty about the future, companies have gone into survival mode, focusing on cost savings instead of environmental concerns.
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Woody Hydrick, Associate Consulting Principal, Andy Mace, Consulting Principal, Cushman & Wakefield Business Consulting (Feb/Mar 09)
Today’s bad economic news has heightened companies’ awareness of avoiding high tax locations and maximizing incentives when conducting site searches.
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Jennifer LeClaire (Dec/Jan 09)
As the economy continues its downward spiral, site selectors are paying closer attention to occupancy and construction costs, and the results of Area Development’s 2008 Corporate and Consultants Surveys reflect their concerns.
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Ed McCallum, Senior Principal, McCallum Sweeney Consulting, Inc. (Oct/Nov 08)
Access to training programs — and proximity to a technical university — are really more important than reflected by the low ranking given these factors by the respondents to Area Development’s 2007 Corporate Survey
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Bob Hess and Doug Stachowiak, NKF Consulting, Global Location Strategy and Optimization, Chicago (Oct/Nov 08)
The results of Area Development’s 2007 Corporate Survey reflect the growing importance of fast-track permitting as speed to market becomes more and more critical to manufacturers.
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Christopher Steele, President, CWS Consulting Group LLC (Aug/Sep 08)
Proximity to major markets was only ranked 10th in importance by the respondents to Area Development’s 2007 Corporate Survey, but economic and environmental trends may increase this factor’s relevance.
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David V. Brandon, Senior Vice President, Site Selection Group, LLC (Aug/Sep 08)
Highway accessibility — the number-one ranked factor by Area Development’s 2007 Corporate Survey respondents — undeniably forms the essential nexus between workers, suppliers, producers, distributors, and markets
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Dr. C. R. (Buzz) Canup, President, Canup & Associates, Inc. (Jun/Jul 08)
The executives responding to Area Development’s 2007 Corporate Survey ranked cost of labor second in importance among the site selection factors, but determining a region’s true wage rates is not always at easy task.
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Dave Claborn (Jun/Jul 08)
Declining levels of unionization may have been responsible for the right-to work factor receiving a middling ranking from the respondents to Area Development’s 2007 Corporate Survey.
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Nate Monosoff and Dick Sheehy, CH2M HILL Advanced Planning (Apr/May 08)
Rising energy costs, limited availability, and new awareness of energy security issues are among the reasons this factor received a high ranking from the 2007 Corporate Survey respondents.
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Linda G. Tresslar, Managing Director, Strategic Consulting Group, Grubb & Ellis Co. (Apr/May 08)
As companies are now being assessed on their sustainability activities and successes, it’s no wonder that the “environmental regulations” factor was among the top 10 in Area Development’s 2007 Corporate Survey.
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Larry Kramer and Rita Williams, Incentis Group LLC (Feb/Mar 08)
Corporate tax rate, state and local incentives, and tax exemptions were among the top-10 ranked site selection factors by the respondents to Area Development’s 2007 Corporate Survey. Let’s find out why.
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