American business executives are reconsidering their overseas operations and realizing that outsourcing may not be the best option.
As the economy crawls out of recession, manufacturers, retailers, and other industry organizations need to scrutinize their site selection skills.
Agility will result in a highly collaborative business team that supports the company's work force, manages operational cost, and maximizes competitive advantage.
In today's challenging economic climate, industry and academia can no longer afford to work independently of each other.
In its second annual Ports Airports and Global Infrastructure report, Jones Lang LaSalle reviews the 2010 commercial real estate landscape surrounding the nation's cargo hubs.
With corporations earning record profits and lease deals still available, opportunity and growth will return to the commercial real estate sector in 2011.
With grants and incentives available from the federal to the local levels, brownfields are attracting businesses seeking well-positioned sites.
Through careful planning and vetting potential relocation service providers, companies can minimize hidden costs and maximize the opportunity of a business move.
Communities must invest in broadband infrastructure now to prepare for a high-speed, digital future.
After suffering mass layoffs, locations are leveraging their displaced labor pools to entice new businesses to set up shop.
Before investing in a property or facility, conduct due diligence through environmental risk assessment.
Area Development's new FacilityLocations.com provides a comprehensive site selection resource of economic development agencies, utilities, GIS mapping, and more.
Paul Thompson of Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas says the company is engaging in environmentally sustainable practices with a new wind turbine plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Gulf of Mexico ports in Gulfport, Mississippi and Mobile, Alabama, as well as the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, are preparing for the Panama Canal Expansion opening by signing memoranda of understanding.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, has reversed its former reputation as America's dirtiest city to a mecca for green industry and urban sustainability.
Manufacturers - including General Electric and Watlow Electric Manufacturing - are moving business forward with centers of excellence.
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