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Global Direct Investment Solutions :
www.gdi-solutions.com
The market knowledge and contacts we openly share are
attracting project enquiries from the 300,000+ visitors per year to
www.gdi-solutions.com . As
the Google site search demonstrates, it was designed to be a very fast
reference tool and independent referral process for executives and their
advisors when planning investment projects anywhere. The site offers
unique content and relevant links to over 20,000 resources worldwide.
Our OnTheShortList.com website selectively highlights some of
our many contacts as we work together to share knowledge of their
capabilities and introduce relevant contacts as appropriate. It serves
as a professional site selection research tool for executives and their
business advisors. It is easy to search the content of both websites
for relevant content, as well as to search the websites of the highlighted
organizations for additional information.
Our networks of contacts include national, state,
provincial, regional, city and local economic development representatives.
We also know "site selection" consultants, corporate real estate
advisors, incentives negotiators, tax advisors, architects, engineers,
construction and project management specialists, logistics, HR specialists,
and others.
Our work involves extensive market research and a large
network of contacts to develop and maintain timely knowledge of the
professional capabilities of business advisors and the general business
environment or "business climate" in many potential locations. That
includes research into the actual experience of other investors.
See also : About Us and
Biographic Profile : Bruce Donnelly
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We will also participate actively in the Tour events
The Professional Site Selection Tour is one of our
services, as explained separately. It highlights the sponsor locations
for quick reference by executives and their advisors. It also reinforces our own market knowledge and
contacts as we perform market research and targeted marketing work to find
and refer corporate investment project decision-makers to relevant
communities and professional service providers according to their needs at
the time.
We
participate in Tour events and prepare
Area Reports which take into
consideration the feedback we receive from other participants as well as our
own research. Some
feedback is only shared privately with sponsors. The Reports are
shared openly through this website, and are also featured on our main
website. This supports business location strategy work from the
earliest stages of project planning.
Our response-oriented work is somewhat like a concierge
service - organizing useful market knowledge and contacts in advance for
rapid, well-qualified professional referrals in response to a diverse mix of
enquiries. We can also do more proactive marketing work on behalf of
specific client areas and service providers.
Contact
Bruce Donnelly at TEL 847-304-4655 (Chicago) to discuss the Professional
Site Selection Tour or any other services provided by Global Direct
Investment Solutions. His professional experience
includes business development work for the global business location
consultants of PricewaterhouseCoopers and a regional economic development
agency, as well as prior work at Deloitte & Touche and as a US Foreign
Service Officer. |
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Purpose and Scope of Services Economic development
organizations actively compete to attract and retain business operations
such as
- industrial operations such as factories and
logistics or distribution centers and warehouses for supply chain
management
- offices such as corporate or regional
headquarters, shared services centers or "back office" centers and
outsourced corporate services
- specialized business facilities such as research
and development centers, call centers or "customer contact" centers, data
centers, and other operations
Similarly, professional service providers compete for new
clients in this niche.
We help both through marketing, relationship development
work, and well-qualified referrals according to our knowledge of their
capabilities and what differentiates their area or services from the
perspective of a corporate investor.
All of our services are intended to help investors and
their advisors to identify and evaluate potential business locations faster
and with greater confidence. This involves the sharing of both factual
knowledge and contacts as well as feedback about recent experiences among
investors. The latter is one focus of the Tour research work, while
services related to our main website focus more on the data dimension of
location decisions. |
Our Approach There are basically two sides to the
work of Global Direct Investment Solutions.
One is more response-oriented, like a concierge service or
the helpful salesperson in a well-organized store who can help buyers to
quickly find what they need. This involves the main website as a
marketplace to bring potential investors, investment services, and
investment alternatives together more efficiently. It also involves
personal referral work which is done in response to enquiries as executives
and advisors discover this business through our general promotional efforts,
networking, the website, or other means.
The other side of the business is proactive - to get out
there and reach the executives and advisors who would value this support for
their investment strategies and project plans. Rather than wait for
them to find us and ask for help, this involves targeted marketing work to
find them and arouse interest in this service and the sponsor areas and
service providers if relevant to their plans.
The response-oriented work is typically small in scope,
involving just a few hours or days of work per year on behalf of a client
area or service. The proactive work varies in scope according to the
interests of the client, but is typically a much larger commitment.
The Professional Site Selection Tour fits into our GUIDE
research work to share timely and useful knowledge about participating areas
in a way that makes it easy for executives and their advisors to discover
their potential relevance when a project is being planned. |
