The Strategic art of the deal: SS's 1997 top 10

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Site Selection's 1997 top facility location deals from four continents reveal billion-dollar investments, multimillion-dollar incentives and canny facility location strategy. Although these top 10 deals have shown that there is no perfect deal-making mode, they have provided lessons on how businesses are handling their major expansions and where they are heading. Included in these 10 deals are Seattle, WA-based Amazon, Decatur, AL-based Boeing, Chysler Corporation of Toledo, OH, and Gateway 2000 of Salt lake City, UT.

Aircraft Manufacturing, Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Wholesalers, Books, periodicals, & newspapers, Books Wholesale, Contracts, Amazon.com Inc., Book publishing, Aircraft industry, Aircraft, Boeing Co., BA, Book distributors

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1998's business climate rankings: the playing field levels. North Carolina and Ohio top U.S. state rankings, while the USA and UK lead the global pack. Above all, though, 1998's ranking underscore pronounced geographic balance

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Site Selection's 1998 Business Climate survey contained four new measures that surprisingly showed the stellar efforts of many states in attracting business relocation. These measures include the three year total of new facilities, the total of new facilities in relation to the proportion of residents and the number of new facilities based on area. These new measures showed that many of the former economically unattractive states have radically reformed their image to become the new magnets for investments.

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Business Aid & Regulation-State, Economic policy, Industry regulations, Business relocation, State government, Business assistance

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Dovetailing development excellence with corporate strategy

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Diversification was the key to the successful facility location strategies implemented by 10 firms that made it to 'Site Selection' magazine's Top 10 Deals for 1998. Although belonging to different industries, the commonality shared by the 10 companies was their dovetailing of their efforts with corporate strategies. The successful results of the major corporate location projects revealed the harmonious blending of development excellence with expansion strategies.

Banking Institutions, Depository Credit Intermediation, COMMUNICATION, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS, Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing, Computer Auxiliary Eqp NEC, Insurance carriers, not elsewhere classified, Insurance NEC, Other Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers, Family clothing stores, Other Support Activities for Air Transportation, Aircraft Line & Scheduled Maintenance, Banking industry, Semiconductor industry, Evaluation, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Banks (Finance), Insurance industry, Insurance, Joint ventures, Computer peripherals industry, Computer peripherals, Location, Printing industry, Courier services, Express delivery services, Diversification in industry, Industrial diversification, Fixed base operators industry, Clothing stores, Aircraft maintenance

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