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Information about Cityscape USA - This successful series of global events about commercial real estate investment and city development projects in big emerging markets will come to New York City in September, and will also showcase North American business locations to foreign investors.  Contact us for details.

Meet us in San Diego on June 18 - where we organized an fDi expert panel session by site selection consultants about US and Global Business Clusters and Investment Trends.  BIO 2008 presentation details.

If you are planning a new office, factory, distribution center or other capital investment project for business expansion anywhere in the world, please contact us to discuss how we may be of assistance.

Talk to Bruce Donnelly in confidence about your business location research interests related to our work.  TEL 847-304-4655  Chicago.

The custom search tools at left complement the powerful new Search: Americas and other tools at ShortListNews.com.  Try our new Global Real Estate Search tool to find market information and contacts as shared by CRE firms worldwide.

ShortListNews.com - provides powerful new research tools and selective news from national to local levels.  The custom search tools make it easy to find content on thousands of economic development and service provider websites in this market.

 

Global Direct Investment Solutions : search 25,000+ resources for business locations worldwide.  We provide a free "concierge service" for independent referrals to support corporate expansion projects.

 

OnTheShortList.com (this site) features business locations and professional service providers selectively, with unique market research tools to complement the above.

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The "Add to Google" button in the header adds our custom search tool to your own iGoogle home page for quick reference at any time.  Tip : See Google "Cheat Sheet" for advanced web search features. Our Pro Search feature selectively introduces the capabilities of many business location strategy and site selection professionals.  Contact us for additional background and personal referrals for your project needs.
Try our unique Search: Americas or Search: Global CRE tools.  These make it easy to search the content of many economic development and global commercial real estate websites about potential business locations.
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We introduce new business locations, professional service providers, and market research resources to executives and their advisors as companies grow or redeploy existing capital investments in operations according to their current strategies.
  •  We provide personal, well-qualified, independent referrals in confidence.
  •  This service is somewhat analogous to a professional concierge.
  •  We can perform targeted marketing projects for areas and services.

We independently develop market research, extensive networks of contacts worldwide, and working relationships among senior executives and their professional advisors..

We also focus on the development of relationships with communities and service providers whose capabilities may be relevant to the interests of the executives and advisors we serve.

This creates a more efficient and independent marketplace for corporate investment projects by introducing the responsible executives, well-qualified professionals, and attractive business communities to each other according to their respective interests.

Independent research and professional referrals

Communities worldwide share the challenge of attracting and retaining business investment projects.  Service providers in this niche market face a similar challenge to efficiently find new clients at the right time as they plan major new capital investment projects.

We help both to develop new client relationships more efficiently and economically by creating a marketplace to highlight their capabilities, and by performing basic market research and marketing or relationship development work as a shared service.

Our independent market research and professional referral work helps executives and their professional advisors to develop projects faster and better.  We help them as they seek information and contacts about places which fit their global business location strategies and site selection plans for the growth of their operations in new places.

We support corporate expansion, consolidation, and relocation projects such as new offices, factories, or distribution warehouses and other business facilities, but we address the full range of project issues rather than just corporate real estate searches.

We assist corporate executives and advisors by personally and independently introducing valuable information resources and leading professional service providers, including relevant economic development organizations, in confidence according to their interests at the time.

fDi magazine - Foreign Direct Investment - is a valuable reference tool for senior corporate executives and their professional advisors about the business of globalization.

 

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Editor's introduction to fDi

fDi Magazine, by FT Business (The Financial Times Group) is the leading global publication focusing on foreign direct investment - including investment into North America from other regions of the world, and within regions.

It reaches "C-level" executives at top companies in North America, Europe, and Asia who are responsible for major investment project location decisions.

The readers are roughly 40% in North America, 35% in Europe, and 25% in Asia and elsewhere.

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Background : global location research tool for executives, as promoted through the Financial Times and other channels.

 

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Local business retention, expansion, and cluster development initiatives or trade promotion programs often need to help network local businesses with relevant contacts in other regions, where similar local networks can help to identify potentially relevant matches.

May 10, 2007 - The White House has issued a new "Open Economies" policy statement and press release which includes the new Invest in America initiative at the US Department of Commerce within the International Trade Administration (ITA).

In the past, Commerce Department officials in the International Trade Administration, including Foreign Commercial Service officers and other staff at US embassies, have been tasked primarily with US export promotion and trade policy tasks.  Now they will also focus on the attraction of foreign direct investment projects to the USA.

White House press release and policy statement about Open Economies

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March 7, 2007 - A new "Invest in America" initiative has been announced by the US Department of Commerce.

This is a major change in US policy.  Other countries proactively seek to attract and retain foreign direct investment projects.

The US has left that almost entirely up to US states and local areas until now as a very fragmented approach with limited resources.

It will take time for this new policy to have a significant impact, but it seems to be a major change in policy which may attract both bi-partisan support and criticism.

www.investamerica.gov

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