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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

2007 MAYOR’S CHALLENGE: These Are the Cities Where Business Opportunity Is Greatest For Growing Companies  [ 8/16/2007 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor  Related 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.   Read The Full Article


2007 TOP CITIES FOR BUSINESS ATTRACTION: These Communities Are Literally Magnets for Business  [ 6/28/2007 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor  Related 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.   Read The Full Article


2007 KNOWLEDGE WORKER QUOTIENT ™: The Top Metros in the Knowledge Economy  [ 4/12/2007 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor, and Michael Keating, Senior Research Editor  Related 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.   Read The Full Article


2007 AMERICA’S 50 HOTTEST CITIES: Perception Is a Critical Factor in Attracting Expanding Companies  [ 2/18/2007 ] By: Ken Krizner, Managing Editor  Related Link...
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Our annual poll of 80 prominent corporate site location experts give us their list of the best places to expand or relocate a business.   Read The Full Article


2007 HEALTHCARE COST QUOTIENT: Business Healthcare Costs Vary From State to State  [ 2/18/2007 ] By: Michael Keating, Senior Research Editor  Related 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.   Read The Full Article


BEST PRACTICES: Manufacturing Process Outsourcing Is a Smart Alternative to Offshoring  [ 12/21/2006 ] By: Jim Holland
  Manufacturers can have total visibility in their facilities and be hand-in-hand with the outsourced provider, while maintaining a quality-driven process facility.   Read The Full Article

How to Ensure Your Company Makes the Best Site Location Choice  [ 5/8/2006 ] By: Ken Krizner, Managing Editor
  Expanding companies should follow an orderly process to ensure that their search will yield the most advantageous location.   Read The Full Article

An Expert Explains Why Timing Is Critical for Incentive Negotiations  [ 5/8/2006 ] By: James Renzas
  Don’t reveal too much information too soon about your project — and always follow through to make sure you collect the full incentive amount.   Read The Full Article

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

Manufacturer Decides Expanding in Present Location Is a Better Solution  [ 12/13/2005 ] By: Ken Krizner, Managing Editor
  Clark-Reliance looked at the factors and costs involved in a relocation and decided expanding at its present location made more sense.   Read The Full Article

Ten Reasons Why Companies Relocate a Manufacturing Facility  [ 9/5/2005 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  While there are literally dozens of reasons to move to a new location, here is a list of the top 10.   Read The Full Article

The TOP 40 REAL ESTATE MARKETS for Expanding Companies for 2005  [ 8/10/2005 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor  Related 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.   Read The Full Article


COMMENTARY: What's the "Dirty Little Secret" Most Chambers of Commerce Try to Hide?  [ 8/10/2005 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Many local economic developers are afraid (or embarrassed) to admit that they have any vacant buildings because they fear businesses will think there is something wrong with their community. Are they nuts?   Read The Full Article

2005 MAYOR'S CHALLENGE ™: America’s Top Business Opportunity Metros  [ 7/11/2005 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor  Related Link...
  Some metro areas are strong in one or two areas of importance to businesses looking for the best location for a future facility. These are cities that have achieved solid ratings across the board in Expansion Management’s numerous studies during the past 12 months.   Read The Full Article

Six Simple Tips to Help You Make the Best Site Location Decision  [ 4/14/2005 ] By: Ken Krizner, Managing Editor
  The prospect of relocating or expanding your manufacturing facility might seem daunting at first, but following a clear cut strategy will make the process run smoothly and lead to an informed decision.   Read The Full Article

How to Use the Internet to Find the Best Location for Your Next Facility  [ 4/14/2005 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  By using the Internet, you can gather an enormous amount of valuable information in a short period of time that will better help you compare possible future facility locations.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: 11 Tips for Picking the Right Location for a Manufacturing Facility  [ 4/13/2005 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Once it’s time to actually start looking at the real estate, here are some important questions you need to ask before you decide on a specific building or piece of land. Hopefully, the local economic developer or real estate broker has done his homework.   Read The Full Article

Brunswick Boat Charts Its Course From New Corporate Headquarters Location  [ 3/14/2005 ] By: Ken Krizner, Managing Editor
  Choosing the right corporate headquarters location is usually driven by a company’s strategic needs.   Read The Full Article

2005 AMERICA'S 50 HOTTEST CITIES: Nashville Climbs to the Top of America’s Hottest Cities  [ 1/12/2005 ] By: Ken Krizner, Managing Editor  Related Link...
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For the past seven years, we have asked 80 prominent corporate site location consultants to choose the 50 best cities in the U.S. for business expansions and relocations. Read on to find learn the names of the other 49 "Hottest Cities."   Read The Full Article


COMMENTARY: Why Not Locate Your Next Plant in a Smaller Town?  [ 1/12/2005 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  As long as you can find enough workers, locating your business in a small town can dramatically lower your operating costs.   Read The Full Article

2004 MAYOR'S CHALLENGE™: Midwest Again Dominates List of Best Metros for Business Expansion  [ 7/18/2004 ] By: Bill King and Karen E. Thuermer  Related Link...
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For the second year in a row, Des Moines, Iowa, and Kansas City, Mo., finished one, two in the annual Mayor’s Challenge™ competition for the best metro areas for business expansions and relocations.   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: Benefiting From the Experience of Others  [ 4/1/2004 ] By: Bill King
  It seems that a week doesn’t go by without somebody calling us looking for a list. State and community economic developers want a list of what relocating companies are looking for, and relocating companies are always looking for lists on how best to navigate their way through the complex task of site selection.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: The Only Way to Successfully Compete Is to Be Competitive  [ 10/1/2003 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
 

If cities want to stop the outbound flow of companies, they need to forget about gimmicks and focus on improving their business climate.   Read The Full Article


2003 MAYOR’S CHALLENGE ™: The Best Metros for Expansions and Relocations  [ 7/3/2003 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor, and Michael Keating, Research Editor  Related Link...
  Click on the RELATED LINK to view the complete list of the top 329 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Site selection is all about comparisons. Clearly, companies can do business just about anywhere. The trick is to find the best place to locate your company.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: You Have to Look Beyond the Numbers  [ 1/1/2003 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  In conducting a thorough search for the best location for your new facility, not everything you need to know is quantifiable.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Who Put The Accountants In Charge?  [ 4/1/2002 ] By: Bill King
  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

COMMENTARY: Finding the Best Vantage Point  [ 3/1/2002 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  The location you pick for your headquarters should say a lot about your company and its vision for the future. If it doesn’t, maybe you picked the wrong place.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket  [ 2/1/2002 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  After the events of last September 11, will corporations begin to adopt the same principles of dispersion that military units have always practiced?   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Where Does Perception End and Reality Begin?  [ 1/1/2002 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Sometimes all the hard data in the world is not enough. In the end, you still need to make a decision based upon what your gut tells you.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Is Business Attraction Immoral?  [ 1/1/2002 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Should financial incentives be illegal, or is that just focusing on the symptoms instead of the desease?   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Now Might Be a Good Time to Pick up and Move  [ 11/1/2001 ] By: Bill King, Editor
  As your company looks for ways to dramatically cut expenses, moving to a new facility may solve a number of your problems.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: You Can’t Keep America Down  [ 10/1/2001 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  The American economy will recover from the recent terrorist attacks, just as it always has, and the result will be a stronger, more focused economy.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Diversify Your Manufacturing Sites  [ 6/1/2001 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Don’t keep all your eggs in one basket if you can possibly afford not to.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Bad Economic Times Present Expansion Opportunities  [ 1/1/2001 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Is your New Year’s resolution to ride the economic cycle to ever greater levels of fitness and vitality?   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Sizing up a Community’s Business Climate  [ 11/1/2000 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Here are some quick and easy ways to evaluate a community’s business climate, as well as its general suitability for your company.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Behind the Numbers of a Site Location Search  [ 10/1/2000 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Site selection boils down to comparing your company’s business requirements to the strengths and weaknesses of a number of communities to determine the best location for your next manufacturing or distribution facility.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Half the Battle Is In Knowing Where to Start  [ 4/1/2000 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Growth spurts, whether from kids or from businesses, require a certain amount of orientation and guidance. The problem is that you don’t have a whole lot of time to spend on the learning curve.   Read The Full Article

Behind the Numbers of a Site Location Search  [ 1/1/2000 ] By: Bill King, Editor
  Site selection boils down to comparing your company's business requirements to the strengths and weaknesses of a number of communities in order to determine the best location for your next manufacturing or distribution facility.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Let’s Play Business Expansion  [ 2/1/1999 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  With its high stakes, finding the right relocation or expansion site for your business is not a game for the meek at heart.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Match Maker, Match Maker, Make Me a Match  [ 1/1/1999 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Who would have ever thought that there could be a “dating service” for expanding or relocating companies? Is this a great country, or what?   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: How to Understand the "Site Selection" Process  [ 1/1/1999 ] By: Bill King, Editor
  With its high stakes, finding the right relocation or expansion site for your business is not a game for the meek at heart.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: Never Go Site Searching Without a Helmet  [ 9/1/1998 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  The site selection process is a lot like college football, where some 150 schools all compete for the big prize. In this case, though, the prize is your company.   Read The Full Article

COMMENTARY: In the Final Analysis, It’s Still a Business Decision  [ 3/1/1998 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Will locating your facility in a particular community enable your company to be profitable?   Read The Full Article

Learning from the Experience of Others  [ 10/1/1997 ] By: Bill King, Chief Editor
  Before you navigate your company through what seems to be the uncharted waters of locating the right site, find a guy with the chart.   Read The Full Article