Business Climate
27th Annual Survey: '50 Legislative Climates.' from Site Selection, October 1992.
A state-by-state synopsis of business-climate legislation.
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Balancing Business Attraction, Growth Control: A Growing Political Issue for Local Governments by Deborah S. Fusi from Site Selection, October 1990.
Cities and counties continue to offer investment incentives, but growth-management policies promise to shape the future course of economic development.
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Business Climate Rankings: What Do They Really Mean? by Tim Venable from Site Selection, October 1994.
Our annual guide to ranking the business climate rankings.
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Business Rankings: Can You Tell the Players Without a Program? by Hoyt E. Coffee from Site Selection, August 1992.
Rankings of the best places to locate facilities are many things to many people.
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Clarifying the Michigan Tax Picture from Site Selection, December 1994.
Michiganders had the both biggest tax cut and the biggest tax increase in 1994.
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Election, New Investment Law Bolster Mexico's Business Climate by Tim Venable from Site Selection, October 1994.
Mexico's incoming president promises to continue the reforms that have thrust the country's pro-business climate into global prominence. Major new legislation promises to further boost Mexico's business-facility friendliness.
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Financial Incentives Important Now and in the Future, Development Executives Say from Site Selection, April 1992.
How today's development officials feel when it comes to financial incentives for corporate facility locations.
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Forum: Location Incentives by Jeffrey Finkle, Exec. Dir., NCUED & Paul Patton, Governor of Kentucky from Site Selection, February 1996.
What's right -- and wrong -- about incentives? This articles presents both sides of the coin in the debate about development incentives.
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Free-Trade Winds Help Warm Up Global Investment Climate by Laura C. Lyne from Site Selection, October 1992.
Impending free-trade agreements and emerging economies may make global relocation decisions more competitive than ever.
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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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Incentives Are Important, Executives Say, but Business Concerns Drive the Location Process by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, April 1992.
Incentives can be a deciding factor, but basic bottom-line issues are primary in locations.
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Massive Tax Increases, Budget Woes Dominate States' 1991 Legislative Focus by Tim Venable from Site Selection, October 1991.
The 26th annual survey of legislative climates.
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New Governors Tackle Economic Development Agenda by Audrey Pennington from Site Selection, April 1995.
With 19 new governors elected in November 1994, expect aggressive push for new business by state officials.
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Puerto Rico: Super SEZ by McKinley Conway from Site Selection, October 1990.
Puerto Rico is the pioneer and pacesetter among special economic zones (SEZs) around the world. Now, strategic decisions must be made about the future.
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Service Taxes, International Site Selection and the `Green' Movement Dominate Executives' Political Focus by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, October 1990.
A look at the major geo-political factors affecting modern facility-location decisions.
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Site Selection Rates the QOL and Business-Climate Rankings by Deborah S. Fusi from Site Selection, August 1991.
There's now a veritable cornucopia of quality-of-life and business-climate rankings. But what are they really telling us?
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States, Provinces Still Hot on the High-Tech Trail by Deborah S. Fusi from Site Selection, June 1991.
The U.S. and Canada offer incentives to high-tech development.
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States/Provinces Offer Broad Spectrum of High-Tech Incentives to Spur Global Competitiveness by Deborah S. Fusi from Site Selection, June 1990.
State and provincial governments continue to stack their decks of high-tech incentives, which serve as drawing cards for high-tech industry.
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Stock Shoots Up for U.S. Midwest, Emerging Nations in '94 Business Climate Rankings by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, October 1994.
The Sunbelt still rules in the U.S. rankings, butthe Midwest miracle" also shines through. Rising upstarts like Mexico and China nip at the old guard's heels in SS's global rankings."
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Sunny Sessions for Business: Incentives Soar, Taxes Slashed by Tim Venable from Site Selection, October 1995.
A burst of business-friendliness warms U.S. state business climates.
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The Lure of Global Investment Dollars is Spurring Many Nations to Seriously Fish for Business by Laura C. Lyne from Site Selection, October 1991.
Includes more than 20 investment incentives for over 50 countries around the globe.
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Top Business Climate Cats: Southeast, Midwest, Southwest Stil Perched Atop SS Rankings by Jack Lyne from Site Selection, October 1995.
America's southern half contains an inordinate number of top-rated states. But 1995's rankings also accent the continuing "Midwest Miracle."
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What's Behind the "Best" Business Climates -- Reality or Rankings from Site Selection, October 1995.
A comparison of a variety of best lists and top ten rankings.
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