define career transition: enterprise & economic

... change from one type of work to another; change from one employer to another; leaving one work-life stage and entering another

CED:

...

chamber of commerce:

... a membership organization operated by and for business and commercial interests; a non-government organization that publicizes and furnishes information about a community. Local chambers are are generally recognized as being in position as location data suppliers, many tied directly to economic development efforts in the places they represent. For suggestions on how to find and contact chambers of commerce, CLICK HERE.

CID:

... a designation at one time for academic achievement in the field of industrial development or, for example, Center for International Development, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

define city-region

define client:

... a customer of a provider of professional services; a .network user who is a member of its s target audience; a computer program that uses the service of another—see client server.

client privilege:

... the right belonging to users of a professional service to expect that information which should be kept confidential will be and that parties receiving it, in written or spoken form, have the discretion, means and will to protect it. The Network, which offers professional services to assist in the gathering of information, has a privacy policy. For example, services for discreetly colleting information form location data suppliers and proposals for working relationships from other resource and service providers are offered through the Site Selection Directory.

define close corporation ... a corporation with its stockholder or owner numbers limited
define cluster:

The question of what a cluster is is answered in Clusters and the new economics of competition by Michael Porter in Harvard Business Review (1998). The formation of a manufacturers council is a form of clustering although the collaborating parties may not necessarily be in close proximity to one another. A community creates an environment for clustering when it develops a business park and organizes a collaboration among the enterprises in it

cluster support network:

... support specifically dedicated in a specialized area, for example, say a chamber of commerce forms a information technology council so that participants can network with one another, thereby advancing the industry in the community as a strategy for local economic development. As an operating body the council would be a cluster support network. As a community economic development strategy, forming the cluster support network would fall under the best practices efforts of business retention and business expansions.

definition of cluster support network

define cntc ... an abbreviation for contact as a person who, for example, is a mission cntc.

define code compliance:

... acquiescence to a law or part of a law as interpreted by a regulatory agency; to be operative within a systematically arranged collection of laws; to be code compliant with a regulation set forth by a legislative act. Code compliant means being recognized as having followed guidelines, specifications, or a legislated mandate, generally at a point in time after inspection. It may be said, for example, that a newly installed electrical system meets code after an inspector, using building code specifications, approves it as a retrofit.

define COGS ... Cost Of Goods Sold

define cold call:

... a business development contact made with a potential prospect without giving notice or making an appointment; an unannounced sales call supported by little or no indication that it lead to a working relationship. Cold calling is a part of the practice of economic development as a specialized form of marketing. For example, a group from a community that wants economic development plans a trip to to where corporate headquarters are clustered in order to drum up an interest in the location. One technique is to form teams of volunteers in which case an effort may be referred to as an economic development team trip. A point person may be sent in advance to organize logistics and go so far as to make cold-call-appointments.

define commerce

define commercial and industrial real estate

define commercial development

define commercial enterprise

define commercial enterprise development

define commercial property development

define commercial real estate

define commissioned worker

define communications infrastructure:

... the services, technology and facilities of information conveyance in a location; a location data element; i.e., key resource category for presenting location data. Communications infrastructure is one of the four essential categories of data that the enterprise developer should inquire about when utilizing the services of a location development representative. Advances in telecommunications technology, including the Internet, during the last 20 years of the twentieth century brought this information category to the forefront for site selectors. Before that time the site selector generally considered that there were three essential information categories for gathering facts about a location—demographics, transportation, and place-data.

define community ... as a place where people live and share things in common.

define community college

define community data ... request free publication of a link to location data

define community developer

define community development ... see Local Development in the .network library

define community profile ... request free publication of a link to a community profile

define community spirit.

define commute:

Commuting is a regular movement between residence and work place ... from one location to the other and back again on a regular basis. See the definition of commute shed (labor shed).

define commute time ... commute travel time http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=2067

... the time it takes to move between a place of residence and place of work or vice versa. As a general rule, most commuters prefer to travel one way in 1/2 hour or less

commuting pattern:

...

comparable location data:

... information about places or real estate that conforms to some standard so that it is useful in all respects for comparative analysis—see apples to apples.

define comparative analysis ... as a site selection tool

define confidentiality:

... protection or containment of information which would pose a threat to moving forward with an enterprise development endeavor should it be revealed at the wrong time or place. A competitor, for example, may act to gain an advantage upon learning about confidential plans and activities tied to a site selection project.

A wartime adage from the 20th century makes the point: Loose lips sink ships!

Information about protecting proprietary interests as they relate to private enterprise is discussed under risk management as a part of Quick Step Enterprise Development: a brief look at the process in five steps. The Site Selection Directory offers some tips for protecting enterprise development plans while gathering information and doing project fieldwork.

conflict of interest:

... a position held during a transaction where someone represents both a buyer and seller at the same time. It is generally held in the law that anyone paid as a representative of a seller has a vested interest such that acting as a unbiased, paid, advisor to a prospective buyer is wrong. A conflict of interest also exist when someone in position of public trust discreetly represents or can be influenced by a private interest or party.

consultant:

... an advisor who applies knowledge and/or experience to a situation, problem or project, usually for a fee; a consultancy. Members of the .network target audience utilize management consultants which includes various types of specialists, such as advisors on matters of commercial and industrial real estate. Three types of consulting specialists involved in enterprise and economic development are pointed out in the series of pages in Economic Development.net that answer the question: What is economic development? One more general example of a management consultancy is the SCORE/Counselors to America's Small Businesses. SCORE, which is an acronym for Service Corps Of Retired Executives, is a partnership program between the US Business Administration (SBA) and volunteer advisors available in communities throughout the country.

define contact ... see the definition of mission contact also (define mission contact)

define contact center

define contact data ... name, address and other useful information found in a directory.

define contact directory ... see www.findmehere.com/grc.htm also

define contact directory access ... the following GRC search tool is an example:

as a phrase all terms any terms case: sensitive insensitive / 10 25 50 100 items per page.

CLICK HERE for a guide for using this search tool.

contact name:

... that which identifies a mission contact. Contact names are the personal identities of networkers printed on their business card along with contact data. Some contact names are printed on cards for amicable networking—see the definition of networking as well as the instructions for making application for a free record in the Global Registry of Contacts.

controlled site:

... a proprietary real estate parcel granted protection and/or to which its owner or lessee is authorized development rights and privileges above and beyond that of other property.define corenet ... combined acronymns for corporate real estate and network

define corporate infrastructure

define corporate-level ... the slang expression corporate, as in at corporate.

define corporate management

define corporate real estate executive

define corporation

define cost efficient:

... having an impressive result as intended, expected, or measured against an investment of time, effort or capital; absence of wasted time, effort or capital.

cost effective:

... economical based on benefits received in light of an investment that an enterprise makes, usually in acting on an opportunity after comparing it to others that are available. For example, it can be said the Site Selection Directory is cost effective for gathering location data as compared to what information brokers offer because it publishes announcements online for free. Cost effectiveness means the expense of doing something in business is reasonable to the extend that it contributes to profitability.

cost latitude:

... the range that a buyer has in mind during a negotiation between what he would hope to pay and what he is willing to pay; the room for negotiation of a purchase that the potential buyer calculates and uses to control between the ideal price to pay and the point at which the value of the product or service becomes negative in light of its potential cost.

country profile:

... a data profile; a format similar to a community profile for presenting facts about a country; information about a developing country. The collection of reference materials in the Enterprise and Economic Development Library has links to a couple of sources of country profiles, for example, The World Factbook. The Area Development section of the Economic Development Network website opens to a list of countries. The Network is continuously seeking country profile sources. Send us an email if you would like to help build Area Development as an open access resource for finding data profiles for countries as well as any places of interest within them. Listing locations and data suppliers is a free service.

CRM:

... acronym for Customer Retention Management—see the definition of customer speak in the resource archive and the links below it, also, see customer base below. Customer retention management is the organization and coordination of activities that are intended to keep customers satisfied, thus encouraging them to continue purchasing products and/or services. It is a continuous management process that begins with hearing the voice of the customer. It includes keeping employees informed so that they are able to understand that their ultimate bosses are customers. Jobs are ultimately created and maintained by customer actions.

cross-functional team:

... a group with diverse capabilities working together to solve a common problem or accomplish a goal by sharing information and experience as it moves along. For example, a site selection team made up of people with diverse responsibilities within a company, such as human resources, corporate real estate, and operations management would be a cross-functional team.

define crossroads community

customer base:

... the current group of buyers of the products and/or users of the services of an enterprise that it depends on in order to stay in business. Advertising and promotion are indirect marketing efforts intended to affect the numbers in a customer base. Business development efforts, such as networking and sales, can directly affect the bringing in of new customers and sustaining the loyalty of existing customers, thus changing the customer base—FYI: Wikipedia definition.

cyber:

... virtual epistame created by electronic functions; a prefix that gives an impression of the vague area or space in which the whole range of intelligence or virtual reality of the computer world exists; a prefix meaning the artificial intelligence that drives information dynamics through computer hardware, software and networks. Examples of the cyber prefix use can be found in words such as cybernetics, cyberspace, cybercrime, cyberterrorist—see the next two definitions and cyber in http://en.wikipedia.org..

cyberharm:

... damage, disruption or destruction of the operations of a computer, electronic information system or airways delivery/reception system brought about through mischievous or criminal intent; result of a cyberthug's act; an intention of a criminal hacker or mischievous juvenile using an email system or Web network; destruction caused by a cyberterrorist; the collective time lost to spam activity on the Web; virtual injury or destruction caused by a cybermugger that carries over into the real-world.

cyberthug:

... a person who uses the Internet or similar information network to cause harm or chaos; anyone intent on committing a cybercrime, such as a perpetrator of a scam or spoofing scheme; a cybermugger as a criminal working in the shadows of the Web involved in phishing or other ways of taking advantage of people; any mischievous Internet user, such as a spammer who cloaks his activities, or, in a worse case scenario, sends emails that virtually mug victims, cause cyberharm or cyberterror.

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