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High-Tech Companies Find Attractive Expansion Climate in Canada  [ 12/21/2006 ] By: Ken Krizner, Managing Editor
  Public and private sectors emphasize R&D investments, highly skilled work force.   Read The Full Article

Caribbean Offers Diverse Opportunities for Expansion Projects  [ 12/21/2006 ] By: Karen E. Thuermer
  Companies find site location advantages throughout region.   Read The Full Article

GLOBAL EXPANSION: Manufacturers Turn to Central and Eastern Europe for Expansions  [ 8/7/2006 ] By: Karen E. Thuermer
  Companies like L.G. Philips, Hewlett-Packard find lower costs of doing business in this growing region.   Read The Full Article

New Site Location Opportunities Arise in the Old World  [ 6/12/2006 ] By: Elias van Herwaarden and Alexander Hodac
  U.S. companies considering expanding in Europe have plenty of regions to choose from.   Read The Full Article

New Markets in Europe Emerge in Force  [ 6/12/2006 ] By: Karen E. Thuermer
  Hungary, Poland, Russia are among foreign investment targets.   Read The Full Article

Logistics Is Undergoing a Transformation in Europe  [ 1/26/2006 ] By: Karen E. Thuermer
  Numerous multinationals siting DCs, other logistics operations to take advantage of growing market.   Read The Full Article

Mexico’s Shelter Industry Takes Care of Business Details  [ 1/26/2006 ] By: David Hendricks
  Manufacturers can concentrate on growing their operations.   Read The Full Article

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
  Environment is favorable for business expansions.   Read The Full Article

China, India Surpass U.S as Leading Investment Destinations  [ 12/5/2004 ] By: Karen E. Thuermer
  Both Asian countries are cost attractive for business investments as compared with the United States.   Read The Full Article

High-Tech Companies Thrive in Canada’s Technology Triangle  [ 11/5/2004 ] By: Lance Yoder
  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.

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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.

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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.

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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.   Read The Full Article

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?   Read The Full Article

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 soil   Read 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