McCallum Sweeney Consulting Articles

"Community Commitment and Corporate Responsibility"
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Ed McCallum
Trade & Industry Development
March 1, 2008

"Places That Move"
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Mark Sweeney
Site Selection
January 1, 2008

"Ask the Expert - Not Enough Love at Home"
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Jeannette Goldsmith
Business Facilities
November 1, 2007

"A Three-Tier Approach to Labor"
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Mark Sweeney
Business Facilities
September 1, 2007

"Quality of Life: Something Everyone Cares About, but Defines Differently"
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Ed McCallum
Business Development Outlook
August 1, 2007

"Reframing the Question"
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Ed McCallum
Business Facilities
June 1, 2007

"Back to Basics - Site Selection is About Minimizing Risk"
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Ed McCallum
Area Development
May 31, 2007

'The Value of Certified Sites"
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Jeannette Goldsmith
Site Selection
May 1, 2007

"The Future of Automotive Site Location Competitions"
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Jeannette Goldsmith / Bryan Mitchell
Trade & Industry Development
May 1, 2007

"Siting Trends for Tier 1 and Tier 2 Automotive Suppliers"
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Jeannette Goldsmith
Trade & Industry Development
May 1, 2007

"Ask the Expert - Mapping Your Company's Future"
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Barbara Dendy
Business Facilities
April 1, 2007

"Ask the Expert - The Reality Backlash - Controversial Use of Eminent Domain"
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Bryan Mitchell
Business Facilities
March 1, 2007

"Ask the Expert - Spotting the Best Worker Training"
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Kimberly Williams
Business Facilities
December 1, 2006

"Ask the Expert - Drafting a Winning Site Search Team"
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Jeff Forsythe
Business Facilities
November 1, 2006

"Ranked #10 - Energy Availability & Costs"
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Ed McCallum
Area Development
October 1, 2006

"Ask the Expert - Where to Overhaul Your Aircraft"
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Jeannette Goldsmith
Business Facilities
October 1, 2006

"Ask the Expert - Going Overseas: Risks and Rewards"
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Mark Sweeney
Business Facilities
September 1, 2006

"Ask the Expert - Sorting Through the Same Message, Over and Over"
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Ed McCallum
Business Facilities
August 1, 2006

"Consulting: Specialization or Collaboration"
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Ed McCallum
Trade & Industry Development
April 1, 2006

"Incentives - An Effective Tool for Economic Development"
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Mark Sweeney
Business Expansion Journal
January 1, 2006

"Incentives 101"
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Mark Sweeney
Business Facilities
January 1, 2006

"What's Driving the South's High-Tech Engine?"
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Ed McCallum
Area Development
August 1, 2005

"Shovel-Ready Sites"
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Jeannette Goldsmith
Business Facilities
June 1, 2005

“Incentives: Part of the Business Location Decision”
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Mark Sweeney
Business Xpansion Journal
May 1, 2005

Answers to "Incentives: The Proper Perspective" Questions
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Ed McCallum
Business Facilities
May 1, 2005

"A Candid Conversation with Mark Sweeney"
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Mark Sweeney
Expansion Management
April 1, 2005

“The North American Automotive Industry: Geographic Restructuring, Supplier/OEM Relations, and Capacity Issues are Changing the Site Selection Dynamic”
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Ed McCallum
Trade and Industry Development
April 1, 2005

“Incentives: The Proper Perspective”
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Ed McCallum
Business Facilities
March 1, 2005

“What’s Driving Auto Assembly Plant Locations?”
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Ed McCallum
Business Facilities
July 1, 2004

“Changing Economy”
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Ed McCallum
Area Development
June 1, 2004

“Site Selection in the Aerospace Industry”
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Jeannette Goldsmith
Trade and Industry Development
May 4, 2004

“The Top 5 Things You Need to Know About HQ Relocations”
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Jeannette Goldsmith
Business Facilities
April 1, 2004

“Tier 1/Tier 2 Automotive Suppliers: Considerations for Site Selection”
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Ed McCallum
Trade and Industry Development
April 1, 2004

“Project Olympus: One for the Record Books”
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Ed McCallum and Jeannette Goldsmith
Site Selection
March 1, 2004

“Second-Tier Cities: The Right Size at the Right Cost”
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Mark Sweeney
Business Facilities
February 1, 2004

“The Challenge of Business Incentives for State Policymakers: A Practitioner’s Perspective”
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Mark Sweeney
Spectrum
January 1, 2004

“Site Selection for the Plastics Industry”
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Ed McCallum and Jeannette Goldsmith
Trade and Industry Development
July 1, 2003

“The Driving Force Behind Automotive's Migration”
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Ed McCallum
Business Facilities
July 1, 2003

“The Corporate Headquarters Challenge”
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Mark Sweeney
Business Facilities
April 1, 2003