36th Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Corporate Sensitivity to Ongoing Operating Costs
The survey results underscore current corporate anxiety around rising costs, especially as more firms consider domestic investment.
Q1 2022
Those in the site selection and economic development industry have been looking into their proverbial crystal balls to predict when this unprecedented project activity will slow down. This reported corporate sensitivity to ongoing operating costs just might be the leading indicator we have all been looking for.
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Josh Bays, Senior Partner, Site Selection Group, LLC
Josh Bays is a senior partner and leads Site Selection Group’s industrial and economic development engagements. Throughout his career, Bays has developed various cutting-edge analytical platforms that have enabled clients to optimize their location decisions. In addition, he is a critical part of the company's management team and helps provide and implement strategic direction for Site Selection Group. Bays previously worked at Trammell Crow Company in the company’s Corporate Site Selection Group where he managed the company’s GIS databases and researched critical location variables, including economic incentive and real estate conditions for corporate operations. Bays has completed more than 500 projects for global clients, including Adidas, Amazon.com, Bimbo Bakeries, Boeing, Harley-Davidson, Papa John’s, and Ryder. Bays received his bachelor’s degree and his MBA from the University of Texas.
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