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		<title>Would it not be easier to buy some Google Adwords such as FDI&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/05/19/would-it-not-be-easier-to-buy-some-google-adwords-such-as-fdi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 21:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Storm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just talked to a potential client and he raised the following challenge: &#8220;I believe it may be easier/more effective to buy some keywords in Google such as “FDI” and “Europe” to increase the visibility of our website.&#8221;
That&#8217;s a very valid and important question. Would it? I am sure it could but it would cost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should you be at MIPIM 2010 next week than please visit us at booth 20.17</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/03/11/should-you-be-at-mipim-2010-next-week-than-please-visit-us-at-booth-20-17/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/03/11/should-you-be-at-mipim-2010-next-week-than-please-visit-us-at-booth-20-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Storm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased that many FDI and real estate executives accepted our personal invitation to hear how we connect FDI with real estate projects and opportunities at Global-Arena.com
At MIPIM we will also publish the findings of our market research on global FDI networking communities and platforms.
I hope that MIPIM is an opportunity to meet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the complexity out of global resource allocation in FDI initiatives</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/02/22/taking-the-complexity-out-of-global-resource-allocation-in-fdi-initiatives/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/02/22/taking-the-complexity-out-of-global-resource-allocation-in-fdi-initiatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martine.goossens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding  marketplace positioning  is crucial; Whether referring to traditional business and marketing  strategies or online strategy… Call it what you want; marketplace analysis  is crucial for business strategy development and critical to business margins. Gathering FDI insight is therefore -or should be- established as an ongoing process in the Foreign Direct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How could you know if companies in your business area are thinking of packing-up to move?</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/02/11/how-could-you-know-if-companies-in-your-business-area-are-thinking-of-packing-up-to-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Storm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I had an interesting conversation with a FDI thought leader and market expert. We both sensed that we do not yet see much movement in the FDI market. It led us to the question, are companies on the fence or even already planning for site related cost cutting or consolidation?
True or not true, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global resource allocation strategies and decision making &#8211; making the right one</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/02/10/global-resource-allocation-strategies-and-decision-making-making-the-right-one/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/02/10/global-resource-allocation-strategies-and-decision-making-making-the-right-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martine.goossens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defining a global resource allocation strategy on Foreign Direct Investment and its implementation is one of the main challenges companies are facing in today&#8217;s global business environment. Resource allocation will influence reputations of companies and may even fundamentally change the economic, social and political climate in countries. 
In order to stay competitive, companies are apparently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDI Marketplace &#8211; business locations in Brazil</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/02/09/fdi-marketplace-business-locations-in-brazil/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/02/09/fdi-marketplace-business-locations-in-brazil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruud.storm</dc:creator>
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As a result of our 2010 goal  to make the Global-Arena.com FDI Marketplace truly global, we started a market  investigation into the fast growing Brazilian FDI market. Some findings  so far:

FDI into Brazil    amounted USD 40+ billion in 2008
Goal of FDI into    Brazil is mainly to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDI Marketplace in 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/01/07/fdi-marketplace-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Storm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear readers, I can only hope that you enjoyed the holiday period as much as I did. Now that we&#8217;re all back I would like to inform you about our plans and ambitions for 2010. We ended december with new locations registering every day, a better than expected Google position and double digit visitor growth. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Science Parks &amp; future talent</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2009/11/30/urban-science-parks-future-talent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2009/11/30/urban-science-parks-future-talent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Storm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Businessweek edition from November 30 featured an interesting story with the title &#8220;Innovation goes downtown&#8220;.
The article is framed around a new Science Park in Barcelona called 22@barcelona that I have been watching.
Downtown Parks are becoming development and innovation tools for City Development Agencies. It is true -as the article stresses- that talent does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The best marketplaces offer choice and competition. Are you up for it?</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2009/11/25/the-best-marketplaces-offer-choice-and-competition-are-you-up-for-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Storm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are our short term priorities to increase choice and intensify competition on our Business Location Marketplace:
1. Add Northern European countries this week
2. Add Eastern European countries in January
3. Increase the number of locations to 500 within weeks
With every new good business location on the FDI marketplace our global Internet ranking and findability in search [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 – the fDI market wants to focus on online promotion and acquisition but…</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2009/11/21/2010-%e2%80%93-the-fdi-market-wants-to-focus-on-online-promotion-and-acquisition-but%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2009/11/21/2010-%e2%80%93-the-fdi-market-wants-to-focus-on-online-promotion-and-acquisition-but%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Storm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November we started to engage locations about our FDI marketplace and we started to contact new locations in Northern and Eastern European sub-regions . There are two potentially opposing findings from this work that I would like to share with you.
We often hear from locations that they are planning major online promotion and investor [...]]]></description>
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