2007 LEGISLATIVE QUOTIENT: When Shaping the Business Climate, Numbers Speak Louder Than Words [ 12/17/2007 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Our 12th annual Legislative Quotient™ examines the impact each of the 50 individual state legislatures have on local business climates.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Incentives Are Often Just Putting Lipstick on a Pig [ 12/17/2007 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Most economic development incentives are really just a way to balance out factors that would otherwise make a particular site economically uncompetitive.Read The Full Article
2007 LOGISTICS QUOTIENT ™: America’s Most Logistics-Friendly Cities [ 10/17/2007 ]By: Bill King, Chief EditorRelated Link...
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Our seventh annual study identifies the metro areas that can provide your company with the strongest and most robust logistics infrastructure.
The Best Real Estate Markets for Expanding Companies [ 10/17/2007 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
For companies engaged in the search for a new operating facility, the best real estate markets are those that offer high vacancy rates and low costs.Read The Full Article
2007 MAYOR’S CHALLENGE: These Are the Cities Where Business Opportunity Is Greatest For Growing Companies [ 8/16/2007 ]By: Bill King, Chief EditorRelated Link...
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Expansion Management’s fifth annual Mayor’s Challenge is our “Best of the Best” ranking of metro areas that have achieved solid ratings across the board in our numerous studies during the past 12 months.
2007 WORK FORCE TRAINING: Expanding Companies Come To Depend on State Work Force Training Programs [ 8/16/2007 ]By: Ken Krizner, Managing Editor
The demand for a quick ROI in a new facility means that it is imperative that a company's work force is highly trained from the first day of operations.Read The Full Article
2007 TOP CITIES FOR BUSINESS ATTRACTION: These Communities Are Literally Magnets for Business [ 6/28/2007 ]By: Bill King, Chief EditorRelated Link...
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Expansion Management and the National Policy Research Council looked at the facility relocation activity of 19 million companies over the past eight years to determine the most popular destinations for relocating businesses.
2007 KNOWLEDGE WORKER QUOTIENT ™: The Top Metros in the Knowledge Economy [ 4/12/2007 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor, and Michael Keating, Senior Research EditorRelated Link...
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Our 5th annual Knowledge Worker Quotient provides you with a roadmap for where to find the best educated work force in America.
2007 HEALTHCARE COST QUOTIENT: Business Healthcare Costs Vary From State to State [ 2/18/2007 ]By: Michael Keating, Senior Research EditorRelated Link...
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As healthcare costs continue to be an increasingly significant drag on your company’s bottom line, you can reduce those expenses simply by choosing the right state.
COMMENTARY: Should Healthcare Costs Influence Your Choice of a Future Business Location? [ 2/14/2007 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Given the fact one of the primary goals of the site location process is to compare costs at potential future locations, you would be crazy not to consider the differences in healthcare costs from state-to-state.Read The Full Article
2007 EDUCATION QUOTIENT: Today’s Schools Are Shaping Tomorrow’s Work Force [ 1/8/2007 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor, and Michael Keating, Senior Research EditorRelated Link...
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Our 16th annual Education Quotient compares 2,800 school districts nationwide to provide you with a means to compare the type of manufacturing work force you’re likely to encounter in communities throughout the U.S.
COMMENTARY: A Strong Economy Rides on a Solid Transportation Infrastructure [ 10/21/2006 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
A metro areas logistics infrastructure is an indication of a region’s ability to support a manufacturing economy.Read The Full Article
2006 MAYOR'S CHALLENGE: Where Are the Best Metros for Future Business Locations? [ 8/15/2006 ]By: Bill King, Chief EditorRelated Link...
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Expansion Management's 4th annual Mayor's Challenge is our "Best of the Best" ranking of metro areas that have achieved solid ratings across the board in our numerous studies during the past 12 months.
COMMENTARY: There’s More to a Metro Area Than Just a Name [ 8/7/2006 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
A metro area is more like an extended family — with old parts and new, rich parts and poor, urban parts and suburban — basically, with something for
everyone, depending upon what your company needs.Read The Full Article
2006 QUALITY OF LIFE QUOTIENT: Why Quality of Life Is an Important Site Location Factor [ 6/12/2006 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor, and Michael Keating, Senior Research EditorRelated Link...
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This year’s 8th annual rankings compare quality of life factors among all 362 metro areas in categories that will have a direct impact on your company’s bottom line.
2006 METRO PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUOTIENT: Here's How to Evaluate the Public Schools for an Entire Metro Area [ 5/8/2006 ]By: Bill King, Chief EditorRelated Link...
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We rank all 362 Metro Areas according to the qaulity of all of their public school districts. Why? Because over 70 percent of the U.S. work force does not have a college degree. That’s why it’s important for businesses to look closely at the quality of the public schools in communities they are considering for a future facility.
COMMENTARY: Will the Supreme Court Add Clarity or Confusion to the Issue of Incentives? [ 5/8/2006 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
If the High Court agrees with the argument that state tax incentives are a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s ‘Commerce Clause,’ what about states with low or no taxes?Read The Full Article
2006 KNOWLEDGE WORKER QUOTIENT ™: College Towns Are at the Heart of the Knowledge Sector Economy [ 4/1/2006 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor, and Michael Keating, Senior Research Editor
Our 4th annual Knowledge Worker Quotient compares all 362 MSAs for the ability to support the technology revolution in the United States.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: How Government Can [and Cannot] Help the Life Sciences Revolution [ 4/1/2006 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Rather than focusing on pumping money into this emerging technology sector, governments should concentrate on ensuring that we continue to provide an environment conducive to scientific discovery and commercialization.Read The Full Article
2006 HEALTHCARE COST QUOTIENT™: Healthcare Costs for Business Vary From State to State [ 2/20/2006 ]By: Michael Keating, Senior Research EditorRelated Link...
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To find out how each state compares when it comes to healthcare costs, read our 4th Annual ranking of healthcare costs among the 50 States. That's because, when it comes to healthcare coverage, it's important to know which states offer the lowest costs, adequate coverage, and least risks to employers.
2006 AMERICA'S 50 HOTTEST CITIES: Nashville Is Sweet Music For Expanding Companies [ 1/26/2006 ]By: Ken Krizner, Managing EditorRelated Link...
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For the past eight years, we have asked 80 prominent site location consultants to choose the 50 best cities in the U.S. for business expansions and relocations. Read on to find out which cities made this year's list.
COMMENTARY: What Are the Characteristics of a Good Business Location? [ 1/26/2006 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
When your company compares various possible future locations, the bottom line question you have to ask yourself is can you be profitable there?Read The Full Article
2006 EDUCATION QUOTIENT™: How Well Are We Educating Our Future Workers? [ 12/13/2005 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor, and Michael Keating, Senior Research EditorRelated Link...
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Our 15th annual Education Quotient ratings of 2,800 secondary school districts nationwide (encompassing 36 million students) can provide growing businesses with a way to compare the potential work force in communities around the country.
COMMENTARY: Are State Attorney General Offices Becoming the Modern Day Version of the Small Town Speed Trap? [ 11/10/2005 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Buoyed by their success in the tobacco settlement, are cash-grabbing attorneys general hurting your state’s business climate?Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Work Force Quality Begins With the Three Rs [ 10/11/2005 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
How much longer can we continue to pretend that one in every four 13 year olds doesn’t really exist? Our economic future rests in how we answer that question.Read The Full Article
2005 LOGISTICS QUOTIENT ™ : The Top Logistics Metros in the United States [ 9/14/2005 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor, and Michael Keating, Senior Research EditorRelated Link...
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Our fifth annual Logistics Quotient™ study ranks the most logistics-friendly metros in the country according to 10 major logistics categories.
COMMENTARY: Why Do Some Communities Lose Businesses, While Others Don’t? [ 9/5/2005 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Rather than looking at others for the answer, a better place to start would be to look in the mirror.Read The Full Article
The TOP 40 REAL ESTATE MARKETS for Expanding Companies for 2005 [ 8/10/2005 ]By: Bill King, Chief EditorRelated Link...
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If your company is looking for an existing building to locate its new operating facility, these cities offer the best combination of low prices and high availability. This is our 7th annual real estate ranking.
2005 KNOWLEDGE WORKER QUOTIENT ™: America’s Super Cities of the Future [ 5/12/2005 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor, and Michael Keating, Senior Research EditorRelated Link...
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Our third annual Knowledge Worker Quotient ™ identifies metro areas that are exceptionally well placed to attract and nurture high-tech companies and entrepreneurs because of their concentration of extremely well educated workers.
COMMENTARY: Education Is the Key to Success in the Knowledge Economy [ 5/12/2005 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Most employers will look to hire the smartest workers they can find at a price they can afford. It’s really a matter of supply and demand.Read The Full Article
2005 QUALITY OF LIFE QUOTIENT ™: Places Where People Can Build a Career and Raise a Family [ 3/14/2005 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor, and Michael Keating, Senior Research EditorRelated Link...
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Expansion Management magazine's 7th annual quality of life ranking shows you metro areas where people can enjoy a career and raise a family at the same time.
COMMENTARY: Let’s Put Some Smart Into Smart Growth [ 12/20/2004 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
All the best intentions in the world won’t reenergize our cities’ economic vitality unless urban school districts begin graduating, in larger numbers, the type of well-educated future workers who will be able to perform the jobs the new economy demands.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Should We Care That Johnny Can’t Add? [ 12/5/2004 ]By: Bill King
Would the United States be able to maintain its leadership in technological innovation without the steady supply of scientists and engineers educated outside this country?Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Why Downtowns Are Losing Out to the Suburbs [ 10/30/2004 ]By: Bill King
Unless we fix our large urban school districts, our cities will continue to lose out economically to the suburbs. Why? Because businesses go where the best work force is.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: The Urban vs. Suburban Battle for Business [ 10/1/2004 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Five myths about the competition between urban center and suburban economic developers.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Achieving Competitive Advantage Sometimes Leads Overseas [ 6/9/2004 ]By: Bill King
The outsourcing of jobs to overseas locations is one of the most volatile topics in American politics today, and for good reason.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Is Your State Developing a Supply of Knowledge Workers? [ 5/1/2004 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
The ability of your state to develop and attract businesses in knowledge-based industries is dependent upon the ability of your colleges and universities to produce a steady stream of educated workers.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Education Is the Key to Economic Prosperity [ 3/1/2004 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Communities without a strong educational foundation — good public schools, community colleges, a local college or university — are at a severe disadvantage in the ongoing competition for good-paying jobs with a future.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Health Care Costs Are a Site Selection Factor [ 2/1/2004 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Companies engaged in the site selection process can save themselves some money by taking into consideration the fact that health care costs, including insurance, vary from place to place.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Bad Schools Create Economic Development Nightmares [ 1/1/2004 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
It's time to put politics aside and take personal responsibility for the success of our school districts. After all, today's students are tomorrow's work force.
COMMENTARY: "No Child Left Behind" Tells Us Things We Don't Want to Know [ 9/1/2003 ]By: Bill King
No Child Left Behind. Who would have ever thought that four simple little words could cause so much consternation?Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Where East and West Meet North and South [ 6/1/2003 ]By: Bill King
The economic characteristics of (established) Western and (upstart) Eastern Europe are, in many ways, similar to the competitive characteristics of (established) Northern and (upstart) Southern states in the U.S.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: It’s the Standards Crisis We Really Need to Worry About [ 3/1/2003 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
No wonder we’re falling behind the rest of the world in math and sciences when our high schools only require two years of each of these critical subjects in order to graduate.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Why Downtown Is Losing Out to the Suburbs [ 11/1/2002 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Businesses go where the work force is. It’s as simple as that.
COMMENTARY: Sure, Their Hair Looks Great, But Can They Balance a Check Book? [ 11/1/2002 ]By: Bill King, editor
With all the things you have to worry about in your business, should you really care how state politicians balance their books?Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Who Put the Accountants in Charge? [ 4/1/2002 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Companies that allow themselves to be distracted by "bookkeeping" games, rather than staying focused on the core business, are usually headed for problems down the road.Read The Full Article
