Job creation and the unfavorable state of the economy have been the main areas of concern in the U.S., if not most countries in the world, for the... More>>

One morning last December, we were greeted by some surprisingly positive news: the U.S. unemployment rate fell from 9.1 percent to 8.6 percent in... More>>

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is breaking the mold on how the U.S. does business overseas. By providing competitive... More>>

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As the realities of the global economy begin to sink in, many communities find themselves at a crossroads. Certainly as a nation we have a broad... More>>

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

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

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

Incentives have always been the focus of a lot of attention in the site selection and economic development world, and there has always been a general... More>>

In July, the economic development community lost a dear friend with the passing of Michael P. Hickey, founder of Hickey and Associates, LLC. Mike, at... More>>