2012 Community Impact Awards Top 15
As the name implies, the Community Impact division of our annual CiCi Awards recognizes exemplary companies that have committed to making a significan...
Articles
A Long & Winding Road… Capital for Growth & Expansion Returns
In 1970 when Paul McCartney penned the lyrics for “The Long and Winding Road” for The Beatles hit album Let It Be, little did he know that it would be...
‘Upskilling’ is Making Leaders out of Corporate Real Estate Executives
Complexity defines today’s world and the corporate real estate (CRE) industry. It takes a special skill set to navigate this highly interconnected,...
Expanding U.S. Sales Overseas with Export Financing
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 financi...
Blueprint for Moving Quickly to Great Site-Selection Decisions
The job of the site-selection professional is to not only eliminate locations from consideration, but to do it swiftly based upon detailed analysis. I...
The Employment Situation is Worse Than You Think, But Improving (Finally)
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 jus...
Bio-Crop Engineering: Challenges & Opportunities
With gene mapping, sequencing and recombination being a reality, venture capital investments and IPO’s started entering the business landscape in the ...
New Jersey - Tax Cuts, Regulatory Reform and Business Advocacy Redefine New Jersey in the Marketplace
Since taking office in January 2010, Governor Chris Christie has chosen a new direction for New Jersey – lowering taxes, reducing bureaucracy that sti...
Fertile Grounds for Growing Agri-Food Businesses
Thomas Jefferson said of agriculture, it is “our wisest pursuit because it will in the end contribute most real wealth, good morals and happiness.” Fo...
Focus on Missouri
Dramatic comebacks were the rage in the state of Missouri during the autumn of 2011. The baseball world marveled at how the St. Louis Cardinals, 10 an...