data broker:
... a seller of information, for example, an location
data broker see
location
information broker. Location data brokers provide
information ... for a fee, information retrieval from publicly accessible
data sources, most often online databases. (source
of quote).
data contact:
an information resources provider, for example, a contact who
supplies location
data.
data package:
... an assemblage of various informational materials,
such as location package.
data service:
... a supplier of information. The Network lists
various types
of location data suppliers.
dead serious:
... an expression emphasizing
importance; not to be taken lightly, as in the case of
someone who requests a data package from
a place
of interest,
supplying a project
profile and selection
criteria along
with it in order to emphasize that it's for a serious site
selection effort.
deal:
... the process of give and take precedes the
making of a contract; bargain or the bargain itself. See
item #8, making the deal(s) under the basic
elements of the location selection process and
the definition of deal
making to which it links; also, see where the
deal-maker fits into location
work under the definition of site
selection team.
debt financing:
... the use of borrowed funds to make a capital
investment. The property itself usually serves as the security
for the debt in real
estate debt financing.
decision making:
... a duty, responsibility, or obligation imposed
on an enterprise
developer; a charge accepted by leaders
of change (change
agents). See the .network definition
of
business
decision maker. Also, see Appendix
A.
decertification:
... a process by which employees remove the interloping
authority of a organization, such as a union, that represents
them in their
place of work. To vote out a labor union is to start the process
of its decertification. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has the authority in the USA to
maintain guidelines for decertification.
Deming Method:
... Deming Management Method; 14-point management system
developed by W.
Edwards Deming in the mid-20th century and applied
to improve production efficiency, increase productivity
and reduce the costs of enterprise operations.
It became became well know for its contribution to the
rebuilding
of the Japanese economy in the 1950s. Enterprises,
consultants, and coaches have since applied the method
in combination with the installation of quality
systems in many variations and identities, for
example, TQM.
demographics:
... statistical characteristics by census reference;
the creation of averages for a population, as a community,
in terms of age, income, education, lifestyle, and other
statistical measures; analysis and presentation of a geographic
area or location as
a population by accounting for its number of households,
in/out migration, and a profiling of its groups of people.
Wikipedia has additional
information about demographics.
The term is also a location
data element. See comments about demographics
& labor force as a combination of location
data elements on page 7 of About
Economic Development.
depreciation:
... reduction of value by the acknowledgement
of loss through an accounting process. Depreciating assets,
as is usually done for tax
purposes, is property depreciation.
developer:
... a person or entity that changes something
by improving or adding to it; i.e., a person or group that
does development, for example,
there is the community
developer, economic
developer, enterprise
developer or real
estate developer.
development:
... making changes with an aim towards maximizing
capability, potential, quality or usefulness. The development
process is discussed in various section of the
Site Location Assistance website of The
Network. It can generally be broken down
into specific
projects in,
say, categories such as enterprise
and economic development, site
selection, and
commercial, industrial or
residential real
estate projects,
all of which are either directly
or indirectly related to startups, expansions or relocations.
Real estate development in sophisticated locations are
guided by controls and restrictions. They are usually
identified
by names as residential developments and business, office,
commercial, or industrial parks or buildings. A planned
community is
a type
of real estate development.
development alliance:
... allies that agree to work together on a change
initiative; an association of interested parties
or a coalition behind a development effort
(example).
development contact:
... a resource
or service provider involved in
the enterprise
and economic development process; an area
developer; anyone who places his or her
contact
data in an economic
development directory for business
development purposes or anyone
who, likewise, places an address in an open
economic development directory project; an economic
developer representing one
or more locations (location
development representative);
a real
estate developer's representative (see Real
Estate Developer.com).
development economy:
... all static conditions of opportunity within
a location that
would give vitality
to the production and distribution of material wealth for
the benefit of its community if
properly infused, manipulated, and managed. See the definition
of developing
economy. The word underdeveloped may be used
to identify a development economy
when contrasting it to a developing economy. The latter
expression identifies an economy in
which one or more conditions of opportunity are no longer
static, but not necessarily
all; i.e., a development economy is one which
appears to have the potential for economic
development. Expressions,
such as underdeveloped nation and developing counties
are used to combine identities
of
locations with concerns for socioeconomic development.
Economy-point.org,
has a dissuasion of the common
characteristics of the developing countries. Also,
the International
Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa,
ON has a
PDF file online which starts out by stating: From
the beginning of time, technology has been a key element
in the growth and development of societies.
In its effort to provide access to location
data suppliers around the word standing
ready to supply site
selectors with information about development
economies, The
Network provides
a global list of counties with links in the Area
Development section of its Economic
Development Network website.
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development network:
... a group of change
agents who engage in networking on
a regular basis.
development organization:
... the structure of an enterprise that
has administrative personnel and through which individuals
cooperate in their various efforts
in order to accomplish a common mission which has to do
with bringing about change. An enterprises having a mission
to which any one of the definitions found at www.economicdevelopment.net/ad_n/about.htm is
applicable is often referred to an an economic development
organization. A Basic
Definition of Organization is available
from the Free
Management Library online.
development region:
... a geographic
area identified as having an
organized effort for its economic
development. In its online presentation
of resources for global enterprise and economic development, The
Network considers major
regions of the world and those
that that are small, say, within
countries as
well as everything in between. The aim is to cover the
interests of site
selectors. See comments under maps
for site selection in the .network resources
archive.
direct investment:
... capital placed at risk by an enterprise
developer at a site selected during the course
of a location
project; an equity investment
in something, such as a real estate development, that
a prospect makes
in a place
of interest that makes an economic
development impact; the stake made by a economic
development prospect in a distant
location. The expression is generally used
to report foreign
investment figures, for example, on a level
of international interest when cumulative totals of
foreign investments made in various countries are published.
distant location:
... a place away
from the headquarters of an enterprise where
there are operations and to which one would have to travel
to get there; likewise, a place
of interest to an entrepreneur or enterprise
developer for starting up a new venture;
a place that is a target for a relocation;
an expression used without stating a specific distance
or travel time, for example: The corporate
real estate executive informed his staff confidentially that
they are about to go to work on a site
selection project to find a place for expanding at
a distant location overseas.
direct labor ... workers contributing directly
to a production process.
drive time:
... the time it takes to move from one point
to another by vehicle. A site selector might ask for the
drive-times from a regional airport to locations under
considerationsee commute
time.
dual monitoring:
... a telecommunications term referring to the
activity of listening in on a call with the mutual consent
of the two parties involved.
The mutual consent is also called duel consent. Either way it's an
important consideration in locating or starting up contact center
operations where government has an authority to define and control
what is fair and proper conduct when attempting to market, sell,
take orders, or serve customers via telecommunications.
due diligence:
... the fair, proper and due degree of care and
activity. It is a term that is expressed or implied in contracts, \
usually stating that good faith efforts are to be made to perform
obligations. Prudent buyers conduct due diligence investigations to
be sure contact obligations requiring good faith efforts have truly
been acted upon.
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