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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.

State economic development professionals in the United States were invited early in 2006 to provide informative articles reflecting their own experience, point of view, and facts on a simple topic :

"Why should a business invest in your state?"

The articles, as listed below, help to differentiate business regions, and why they should be on the "long list" and "short list" for business site selection. Some states replied - others did not. All were invited repeatedly. Similar articles are welcome from national investment promotion agencies worldwide.

Please contact us for personal assistance with business expansion plans anywhere. If your state economic development representatives did not yet provide a presentation about why to do business there in response to our request, please encourage them to do so (free).

Other tools for "long list" to "short list" business location research work are listed below. This includes links to commercial real estate property listings for states, press releases, and articles from fDi. There will also be links to the new fDi Atlas and North American Location Guide presentations about participating business locations.

This is an independent referral and research service for executives and their advisors. Tell us what you need to find for your project, and we will help you in confidence - like a concierge who organizes valuable market knowledge and contacts for rapid and flexible response to a wide variety of potential needs.

More than 25,000 resources are openly shared on our main website, www.gdi-solutions.com , which serves as a very comprehensive global reference guide for this specialty. It is easy to search for any relevant content, but it is even easier to just ask for our assistance with business location research and site selection decisions.

We also make it easy to search the content of fDi magazine - published by FT Business of the Financial Times group. Select their "radio button" in the custom Google site search box on our home page to find information about any location, industry, or topic of interest.

We handle US advertising sales and related marketing work for fDi magazine. Refer to our Profile of fDi magazine, highlights of back issues and our Ad Recall directory of past fDi advertisers.

fDi Atlas explanation

Research tool published by

www.fdimagazine.com

of the Financial Times group

www.fdimagazine.com

How to advertise

Ad Recall : fDi advertisers

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

See also further background at www.ShortListNews.com

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

Our USA Search tool can be used to selectively search the websites of US state economic development agencies for relevant content.

The Area Search is for cities, local areas, or regions within US states or other countries.

Area Profiles and Area Surveys selectively highlight such potential business locations.

Our new Professional Site Selection Tour service involves basic field research work which is shared openly through Area Reports about participating business locations. This includes feedback from participating site selection consultants about their general visit perceptions.

Other research tools include :

Europe Search for national investment promotion agency websites
CRE Search for commercial real estate firms and property listing or news services
Event Search for industry and professional associations and trade shows
Media Search is for various publications related to this field
The Research section of our main website provides links to many other resources.
Our global directories share economic development and professional service provider contacts as well as many other useful resources.

Invest USA Directory	Invest in Europe Directory	Technology clusters and parks
Area Profiles	Professional Biographies	US Foreign-Trade Zones
Area Surveys	Global Directories of Contacts	BRAC military base closures

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