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Third Annual CiCi Awards 2008: Introduction

Third Annual CiCi Awards 2008: Introduction

Although economists feel anxious basing generalizations on anything but the most copious data sets, even they will sometimes agree with the classicist...

Company Responsibility

Company Responsibility

A hot topic in site selection these days is “corporate responsibilities to communities.” The media has been quick to exploit the controversy surroundi...

Third Annual CiCi Awards 2008: Corporate Investment Top 16

Third Annual CiCi Awards 2008: Corporate Investment Top 16

The Corporate Investment portion of the CiCi awards is relatively straightforward. It is based on the scale of a project in a particular location, tak...

Third Annual CiCi Awards 2008: Community Impact Top 15

Third Annual CiCi Awards 2008: Community Impact Top 15

The Community Impact portion of the 2008 CiCi awards highlights projects that have profound implications for local communities. In many cases, award w...

Site Selection Portfolios

Site Selection Portfolios

In the world of site selection, companies spend incredible amounts of energy and analysis to select the right location. But how often do they go back ...

Location Selection and Bioconvergence Facilities

Location Selection and Bioconvergence Facilities

Business executives, scientifically-rained managers and entrepreneurially-inclined individuals sometimes miss the target when locating new facilities....

BIO: Innovation for Health, Food, Environment

BIO: Innovation for Health, Food, Environment

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) is the world’s largest biotechnology association, representing more than 1,100 companies, academic insti...

Tennessee

Tennessee

“To put it simply: Tennessee is on the move in the alternative fuels marketplace,” declared Governor Phil Bredesen at the state’s first-ever Governor’...

Iowa

Iowa

In probably no other place is a more remarkable economic transformation in motion than in the state of Iowa, where the impact of bioscience innovation...

Pharmaceutical Site Selection

Pharmaceutical Site Selection

In recent years, communities looking to develop a local pharmaceutical presence have faced an increasingly challenging environment. The pharmaceutical...