Where Are the World’s Top “Knowledge Competitive” Economies? [ 1/26/2006 ]By: GLOBAL NEWS BRIEFS
Robert Huggins Associates issues its 2005 World Knowledge Competitiveness Index.Read The Full Article
UK Judged Best Market for Entrepreneurs in ’05 [ 12/13/2005 ]By: GLOBAL NEWS BRIEFS
The United Kingdom topped the 2005 Milken Institute Capital Access Index for having the best market for entrepreneurs.Read The Full Article
Europe Is Key to U.S. Companies’ Global Success [ 10/11/2005 ]By: Rachael Hedgcoth
Eastern European cities are joining the mix of destinations for U.S. firms looking to expand across the Atlantic.Read The Full Article
When Expanding Operations Overseas, Plan, Prepare and Succeed [ 9/14/2005 ]By: Lance Yoder
Growing your company outside the United States can be difficult, but not impossible.Read The Full Article
Expansion in Asia Has Become a Necessity [ 9/14/2005 ]By: Karen E. Thuermer
U.S. companies continue to grow their operations in China to take advantage of the world’s fastest growing economy.Read The Full Article
European Real Estate Sees Continued Influx of Investment [ 8/10/2005 ]By: Karen E. Thuermer
Investment yields are improving around the continent, despite low vacancy rates.Read The Full Article
Some Important Factors to Consider When Expanding Your Business Into Europe [ 6/12/2005 ]By: Nigel Wilcock
Increasingly, new manufacturing projects are being undertaken in the lower-cost Eastern European states and the stellar performers in 2004 were Poland and the Republic of Slovakia, both of which recorded large gains compared with 2003 results.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Why What’s Going on in Europe Is Important to U.S. Business [ 6/12/2005 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
It’s not the political unification of Europe that’s most important, but rather the economic transformation of Eastern Europe.Read The Full Article
The Changing Face of Logistics in Europe [ 6/12/2005 ]By: Karen E. Thuermer
With companies looking further east on the continent, new cities emerge as logistics locations.Read The Full Article
European Airports Jockey to Meet the Needs of Companies [ 6/12/2005 ]By: Karen E. Thuermer
Firms expanding into Europe can choose mega hubs or emerging alternative airports.Read The Full Article
Europe Becomes a Viable Location for Biotech Innovations [ 5/12/2005 ]By: Rachael Hedgcoth
Protherics, Biogen Idec among biotech firms operating successfully in Europe.Read The Full Article
Mexico’s Maquiladora Concept Is Nothing if not Resilient [ 5/12/2005 ]By: David Hendricks
After several down years, companies are returning to a higher caliber of maquiladoras.Read The Full Article
Europe Focuses on Advanced Technologies [ 3/14/2005 ]By: Karen E. Thuermer
Regions across the continent are developing industry clusters to conduct research, manufacture products.Read The Full Article
Automobile Manufacturers Move Fast in Europe’s Widely Expanding Landscape [ 1/12/2005 ]By: Karen E. Thuermer
Russia, other nations in east are latest destinations for OEMs, suppliers.Read The Full Article
Guanajuato, Mexico Looks to Shelters to Increase Foreign Investments [ 1/12/2005 ]By: David Hendricks
Shelters make it easier for foreign companies to establish operations in Mexico.Read The Full Article
Mexico Looks to Keep Expansion Momentum Going in 2005 [ 12/5/2004 ]By: David Hendricks
McAfee Inc. executives knew they needed to add more research and development capacity to increase their software offerings. And it didn’t take them long to find the ideal location to grow the business. Read The Full Article
Low Interest Rates, EU Expansion Prompt Shift in Europe’s Real Estate Landscape [ 10/5/2004 ]By: Karen E. Thuermer
Despite the recent global economic downturn, Europe’s real estate landscape has changed dramatically for a number of reasons, including low interest rates and the European Union’s (EU) expansion.
Low Costs, Highly Trained Work Force Draw U.S. Firms to Canada [ 7/18/2004 ]By: Roy Harryman
U.S. firms looking to outsource, expand or take business out of the country are finding that Canada cuts costs and minimizes risks. This is readily apparent in recent trends in the information technology and call center industries.Read The Full Article
Expanding in Europe: The Continent Presents a Multitude of Highly Skilled Workers and Low-Cost Advantages [ 6/10/2004 ]By: Adam Breeze
Last year, at least several thousand companies established new facilities in Europe. One-third of these were U.S. firms looking to access new markets for their products and services, or to tap into new technologies, talent or cost structures.
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
Best Practices: Europe is a Continent of Growing Expansion Opportunities [ 6/9/2004 ]By: Kobe Bogaert and Tisha P. DeRaimo
With the addition of 10 new countries to the European Union (EU), there will be a growing demand for the goods and services of U.S. businesses, particularly those companies that provide consumer goods.Read The Full Article
Maquiladoras Evolve with Mexico’s Economic Times [ 5/2/2004 ]By: By David Hendricks
Born as a necessity in the mid-1960s upon the cessation of the bracero program for Mexican agricultural workers in the United States, maquiladoras have provided Mexico with badly needed jobs and foreign manufacturing companies with a low-cost method of subassembly.Read The Full Article
Mexico’s Industrial Parks Prepare for the Next Generation of Manufacturing [ 3/1/2004 ]By: David Hendricks
In 2004, Mexico will not only wave goodbye to its past, it will confidently welcome its future.
Sure, some manufacturers have left Mexico seeking better, low-wage pastures in Asia, mainly China. At the same time, Mexico is seeing investments that foretell the future of the nation’s industrial parks.
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Shelter Companies Help Make Transition to Mexico [ 1/1/2004 ]By: David Hendricks
Contract manufacturing in China may be all the rage these days, but the tried-and-true shelter concept in Mexico is hanging in there, quietly gaining momentum, along with the U.S. economy.Read The Full Article
Canada’s Universities Lead Country’s High-Tech Efforts [ 11/1/2003 ]By: Michael Kennedy
It seems clear that, notwithstanding the challenging economic climate of the past few years, as Canada moves ahead, it is now on a stronger economic footing in many ways than it has ever been.Read The Full Article
Different Companies have Different Criteria for European Site Selection [ 9/1/2003 ]By: Karen E. Thuermer
Without a doubt, Europe remains, and always will be, a patchwork quilt of cultures. Each nation’s borders may shift, or politics change, but language, history and manner of doing things have and will always distinguish one group of people from another.Read The Full Article
Real Estate Solutions: Understanding Foreign Cultures is Essential for Real Estate Managers [ 8/1/2003 ]By: Dino Piccini and Douglass B. Spilman
By definition, paradigms defy recognition until you’re beyond their gravitational pull. You don’t know what you don’t know. Like a giant casino, it can take an eternity to find the exit.Read The Full Article
Companies Establishing European Headquarters Stick Together [ 6/1/2003 ]By: Karen E. Thuermer
Various industry clusters develop in different European cities, regions.Read The Full Article
Expanding into Europe [ 6/1/2003 ]By: Elias van Herwaarden and Larry Moretti
The European Union maybe growing, but there are still many ‘local’ issues that U.S. companies need to consider before deciding where to site hat European facility.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
Site Selection in the New Europe [ 3/1/2003 ]By: René Buck
Here’s how to choose the location in Europe, and how to anticipate unfolding trends.Read The Full Article
The Lure of Mexican Incentives [ 7/1/2002 ]By: David Hendricks
Mexico's 31 states offer a wide variety of incentives to businesses that are interested in locating a facility there.Read The Full Article
The Pros & Cons of Doing Business in Europe [ 6/1/2002 ]By: Elias van Herwaarden and Robert-jan Meulmeester
Two top European site location consultants discuss the opportunities and challenges for U.S. companies considering expanding into Europe.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Just How Important Is the Euro to the U.S.? [ 6/1/2002 ]By: Bill King, Editor
For all the hoopla and fanfare surrounding the launching of Europe's new currency,
just how important is it to U.S. companies doing business in Europe?
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Foreign Trade Zones Give Companies Options Overseas [ 1/1/2002 ]By: Karen Thuermer
From Montreal to Asia, special zones make it easier to do business on foreign soilRead The Full Article
What's Your European Business Plan? [ 6/1/2001 ]By: Rene Buck, Buck Consultants International
If the answer is, 'I don't know,' then it's time for a crash course on the intricacies of growth into Europe.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Some Tips on International Business Expansions [ 6/1/2000 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Expanding your business overseas will require some additional steps in your due diligence process. Skip them at your own peril.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: Go East, Young Man [ 6/1/1999 ]By: Bill King, Chief Editor
Europe has been going through a shakedown in many ways similar to what we went through in the 1980s and, when they finally get through it, you’ve got to believe that their economies will be stronger than ever.Read The Full Article
European Real Estate: Mission Possible [ 1/1/1999 ]By: Robert Selwitz
U.S. executives can successfully negotiate for the property or lease they need, but they need to be aware of major differences between the arts of American and European deal making.Read The Full Article
COMMENTARY: With Europe You Get Reality Over Potential [ 1/1/1998 ]By: Bill King, Editor
For many U.S. business leaders, expanding their operations into Europe just feels a lot more comfortable.Read The Full Article
