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		<title>Its talent, stupid</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/07/26/its-talent-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Storm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Talent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate resource allocation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s the economy, stupid&#8221; was a phrase in American politics widely used during Bill Clinton&#8217;s successful 1992 presidential campaign against George H. W. Bush. The phrase was intended for internal campaign use to remember the team of the importance of the economy as one of their top-3 campaign speaking points. The other two being change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Export, a first step to FDI?</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/06/22/export-a-first-step-to-fdi/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/06/22/export-a-first-step-to-fdi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruud.storm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDI business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDI Strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Traditional economies (Europe &#38; North America) face huge budget deficits that need addressing; governments need to (and will) run down their budgets. But this mechanism automatically reduces autonomous growth, so how to keep your economy running? The drop of the Euro (from 1.50 to the dollar to 1.20) is generally welcomed as a tool to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What could you do if your agency has to deliver more FDI inflow at less cost</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/05/29/here-is-the-situation-you-are-in-a-rapidly-increasing-demand-for-fdi-inflow-combined-with-pressure-on-your-fdi-agency-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/05/29/here-is-the-situation-you-are-in-a-rapidly-increasing-demand-for-fdi-inflow-combined-with-pressure-on-your-fdi-agency-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 20:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Storm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FDI business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are managing an Western FDI Agency that you are likely in this situtation; you face a rapidly increasing demand for FDI inflow combined with short term significant pressure on your FDI Agency budget.
And not to forget to further complicate the situation you&#8217;re in;  competition is increasing globally and heating up fast?
What could you [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/05/19/would-it-not-be-easier-to-buy-some-google-adwords-such-as-fdi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 21:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Storm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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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>What&#8217;s going on at the FDI Marketplace &#8211; Google Pagerank up, more countries and locations and better search functionality</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/05/18/whats-going-on-at-the-fdi-marketplace-google-pagerank-up-more-countries-and-locations-and-better-search-functionality/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/05/18/whats-going-on-at-the-fdi-marketplace-google-pagerank-up-more-countries-and-locations-and-better-search-functionality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 14:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Storm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[global-arena.com]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If we do the right things than what is going on at the FDI Marketplace matters to you our clients and users.
Some things you notice like more countries and more locations. Other things are equally important but take a bit of time and effort to experience; for instance that our Google Pagerank is rapidly improving. [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Metropolitan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business locations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metropolitan areas]]></category>

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		<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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		<title>Metropolis, to be or not to be?</title>
		<link>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/03/30/metropolis-to-be-or-not-to-be/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.global-arena.com/2010/03/30/metropolis-to-be-or-not-to-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruud.storm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MIPIM 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During our presence at MIPIM 2010 we saw a lot of cities and area&#8217;s present themselves as a Metropolis. When can we mark a city as a Metropolis? I think the Wikipedia entry helps:
A metropolis is a big city, in most cases with over half a million inhabitants in the city proper, and with a [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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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>
		<comments>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/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Storm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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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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