Global Strategies

AOL'S Balancing Act: The Need for Nearness vs. 'Virtual Space' by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, September 1998. When AOL hit cyberspace hell in 1996, its problems were rooted in old-fashioned physical space. But the online king has come back, centralizing brainpower and technology to fuel rapid global expansion.
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Are You Capturing Your Own Economic Impact by McKinley Conway from Site Selection, December 1995. If your planning a small facility in a highly developed area, it may not matter. However, if yours is a large-scale global project, you may face some tough questions at the next shareholders meeting if you don't.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co.'s Ken Philbrick: Working Smaller, Smarter and Very Internationally by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, February 1990. Successfully utilizing a two-man shop to identify real estate opportunities in over 120 countries, Philbrick sees the international arena as his field of value-added real estate dreams.
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Compaq's Ross Cooley: How the Comeback Kids Recaptured Camelot by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, February 1995. Its high-end Camelot collapsed in 1991. But Compaq roared back, now ranking No. 1 in PC sales and solidly positioned worldwide to cash in on the growing home market.
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Eastman Chemical CEO Earnest Deavenport: Restructuring to Go Global by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, August 1992. Deavenport discusses globalization and corporate restructuring at Eastman Chemical.
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Europe 1992 Holds Promise of Proliferating Plant Locations by Marcel De Meirleir from Site Selection, February 1990. Toppling free trade barriers and the rising tide of pan-European opportunities are catalyzing wide-sweeping changes and challenges for corporate real estate executives.
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Europe's Move to Single Market in '92 Stimulates Wealth of New Regional Business Incentives by Philip Lowe from Site Selection, April 1991. The European community is exploring new policies to reduce regional disparities and enhance investment opportunities.
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Fujitsu PC Corp. CEO Akio Hanada: Coming to America ...and Just About Everywhere Else by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, . Fujitsu Ltd.'s brand new subsidiary is part of its bold drive to "be the world information technology leader as soon as possible," as Hanada politely explains.
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Global Business Climates: Free Trade Reigns by Audrey Pennington from Site Selection, October 1995. Cross-border business is an economic imperative for many companies, and it's also become a major issue in assessing national business climates.
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Global Facilities Go Gangbusters Developing nations' go-go growth is changing many corporate expansion strategies.
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Managing International Real Estate at Hewlett-Packard by Dennis Raney from Industrial Development, April 1990. A new worldwide organization of real estate managers and corporate staff specialists will help Hewlett-Packard create investment value for shareholders, while meeting the space requirements of global operating entities.
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Robert McNamara: 'If We Don't Change Soon, We're Going to Have to Change by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, February 1992. McNamara discusses global overpopulation, the end of the Cold War and other international issues.
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Sixth European Seminar Addresses the Globalization of Industrial Investments by Hazel Duffy from Site Selection, April 1991. Real estate and development professionals from around the world came together in Florence to discuss Europe's future in the global investment scenario.
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Sun Microsystems' Klaus Kramer: Winning the High-Tech `Space Wars' with In-House Firepower by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, June 1990. Kramer uses a recently formed in-house corporate real estate/facilities group to bring home bottom-line benefits.
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The Next 40 Years: A Fabulous Future for Facilities by McKinley Conway from Site Selection, December 1994. From desalted water to outer space manufacturing, the next four decades will profoundly alter the site selection equation.
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Western Australia: Big, Remote, Challenging by McKinley Conway from Site Selection, June 1990. Alert global investors can't afford to ignore the investment opportunities in this distant land.
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What Next Quebec? by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, December 1996. Quebec stays in the fold, but oh, Canada it was close. What now, and what effect on business location?
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