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Parameters and Pitfalls in Siting Automotive and Automotive Suppliers

Parameters and Pitfalls in Siting Automotive and Automotive Suppliers

Your company, Automotive Widgets USA, just won a big contract for a series of new automobiles that will be produced at a brand new automotive assembly...

Alabama - A Better Place to Build a Better World

Alabama - A Better Place to Build a Better World

A better place to build a better world. That’s what companies around the world are finding when they discover Alabama is both an ideal place to live a...

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 ...

Sweet Spots for Corporate Real Estate and Workplace Executives

Sweet Spots for Corporate Real Estate and Workplace Executives

Corporate real estate (CRE) makes the difference within organizations that want to raise efficiency to the level of effectiveness.   We aspire to see ...

Nearshoring

Nearshoring

Most larger, and an increasing number of smaller, corporations are adopting an allshore (or multishore) strategy for the geographic deployment of busi...

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...