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Making Incentives Work

Making Incentives Work

There has been a great deal of press recently on incentives deals gone bad due to the collapsing economy and the inability of companies to fulfill the...

2010 CiCi Awards Introduction

2010 CiCi Awards Introduction

Defying commentators’ 2009 year-end overviews that generally brushed a picture of gloom and economic hemorrhaging, the 30 Corporate Investment and Com...

2010: The Era of Green Building

2010: The Era of Green Building

This year is not only the start of a new decade, but the beginning of a new era in the way we think about the built environment. In 2000, the U.S. Gre...

Current Status of Corporate Headquarters Relocation

Current Status of Corporate Headquarters Relocation

One of the most dramatic episodes in the history of any corporation is the relocation of its headquarters. In such moves, the life-blood of the organi...

2010 CiCi Awards - Corporate Investment Top 15

2010 CiCi Awards - Corporate Investment Top 15

Using the words of Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, the 15 winners of our Corporate Investment awards “buck national economic trends.”   Indeed, wh...

Food Processing Location Trends

Food Processing Location Trends

This article examines locational trends influencing the geographic deployment of food processing manufacturing plants. 

Innovation Under Siege

Innovation Under Siege

It was only a few months ago when the U.S. device industry's primary concerns with health care reform were reserved to a few, select critical areas of...

Illinois

Illinois

Access to Markets. Access to Workforce. Access to Capital. Geographic location is a major factor when it comes to your long-term success. To succeed, ...

Site Selection for Biotechnology Companies

Site Selection for Biotechnology Companies

In 1919, the term “Biotechnology” was created to describe the interaction of biology with human technology. Today, the term is broadly applied to an i...

Research and Development is BIG Business - Locally and Nationally

Research and Development is BIG Business - Locally and Nationally

The term ‘research and development,’ or more commonly, ‘R&D,’ refers to “creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock...