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		<title>The impact of 2011 economic slowdown on the development of Airport Business Parks</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2011/12/22/the-impact-of-the-2011-economic-slowdown-on-the-development-of-airport-business-parks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalia Gimpel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Aviation industry is feeling the impact of the current global economic slowdown. That is having an immediate effect in the logistics sector; the airfreight volumes have fallen sharply and are not expected to recover soon. This has an impact on developments centered on logistics. Many plans are halted waiting for better times. Despite of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media is becoming increasingly important for Economic Development Promotion, said IEDC and DCI</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2011/09/22/social-media-is-becoming-increasingly-important-for-economic-development-promotion-said-iedc-and-dci/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalia Gimpel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent survey presented at the International Economic Development Council  (IEDC) Annual Conference this week in Charlotte (NC), USA, more Economic Development professionals are embracing Social Medias to promote their business locations at regional level as well as at national and international level. The survey, which involved 307 professionals in the Economic Development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Operational Efficiency in High Growth Markets</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2011/08/03/understanding-operational-efficiency-in-high-growth-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2011/08/03/understanding-operational-efficiency-in-high-growth-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalia Gimpel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A relentless focus on operational efficiency has been a feature of the last business decade. Organizations addressed the challenge by converting work into commodity packages that could be out-sourced or off-shored. Beginning with routine, easy stuff, there was rapid growth in labor arbitrage &#8211; moving work to low-cost locations. The immediate and positive impact on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Tips to succeed in High Growth Markets</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2011/05/26/12-tips-to-succeed-in-high-growth-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2011/05/26/12-tips-to-succeed-in-high-growth-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 09:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruud.storm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Annual Investment Meeting Dubai 2011, where our CEO, Peter Storm delivered a key-note speech on future FDI developments, we met with many CEO’s of multinational companies and high-ranking government officials from Emerging Countries, or, as they prefer to call themselves, High Growth Countries. One of the topics we discussed was the large variation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Develop Talent in the High Growth Countries</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2011/05/24/develop-talent-in-the-high-growth-countries/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2011/05/24/develop-talent-in-the-high-growth-countries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 12:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dan.martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only constant about modern business is change. Whilst change may be inevitable, it is not easy. In the past several years, the entire way that companies operate has been transformed. Things that used to be core competencies like manufacturing, design and sales have been outsourced. One major computer manufacturer notes that more than 75% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDI bounces back, but in a changing landscape</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2011/01/24/fdi-bounces-back-but-in-a-changing-landscape/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2011/01/24/fdi-bounces-back-but-in-a-changing-landscape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruud.storm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;FDI will increase, some even envision a growth of 20%&#8221; , this can be read in the report &#8220;Winning in a polycentric world&#8221; by Ernst &#38; Young, in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit. An interesting differentiation is made between the emerging and the developed world, where companies have well developed business models and asset [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese FDI in your region; a blessing or a Trojan Horse?</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2011/01/09/chinese-fdi-in-your-region-a-blessing-or-a-trojan-horse/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2011/01/09/chinese-fdi-in-your-region-a-blessing-or-a-trojan-horse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruud.storm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese investments abroad will hit US$ 60 billion over 2010 (According to MOFCOM, the Chinese Ministry of commerce), and if you add investments abroad originating from Honk Kong, have even topped US$ 100 billion. In some regions the question arises whether Chinese Investments are not becoming a threat for a balanced economic landscape. The acquisition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Alliance between Global Arena AG and Katsura Suzuki Consulting</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/11/02/business-alliance-between-global-arena-ag-and-katsura-suzuki-consulting-energizing-japanese-business-to-expand-globally-and-business-investment-between-japan-and-switzerland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalia Gimpel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energizing Japanese business to expand globally and business investment between Japan and Switzerland Katsura Suzuki Consulting (KSC), based in Switzerland offers business consulting services and network support to global-operating Japanese clients and Japanese companies relocating to, or investing in Switzerland and similarly for Swiss companies with business interests in Japan. Global Arena AG, also headquartered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metropolitan areas on the rise</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/04/21/metropolitan-areas-on-the-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/04/21/metropolitan-areas-on-the-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kris.mattens</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.global-arena.com/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When a company is looking for a business location to set up new operations or to expand its business, decision makers have to take several macro-economic location factors into account in order to make sure the general macro-economic environment provides the necessary fundamentals for stability and to ensure the company’s long-term continuity and profitability together [...]]]></description>
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