The Art of the Deal
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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A Step-by-Step Guide to Choosing the Right Site
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.
Staying Power
Government agencies are turning more frequently to financial incentives as tools for retaining businesses and jobs. But do these breaks benefit the communities, too?
Controlling Project Costs Through Interactive Planning
If time is money, keeping a project on budget requires utilizing the project's estimate, schedule, cost forecasting, and earned value systems interactively.
Work Without Boundaries
Flexible worksites and mobile employees can offer strategic site selection advantages, but business owners must find the right balance.
Understanding Employment Visas
Safe Harbor Regulations
What Can Your Firm Expect From the Community College?
From providing customized training to building up an area's work force, community colleges can be an invaluable company resource.
Hiring Foreign Nationals: Legal Matters
Keep up with federal regulations on hiring workers from other countries to protect yourself and your company from costly legal challenges.
DEPARTMENTS
Economic Brinkmanship
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?
Environmental Due Diligence: Timing is Everything
The goal of environmental due diligence is to identify potential areas of concern and to quantify the costs and timeframe potentially needed for remediation.
