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facility:
... real
property structure with attachments and installations
that make it usable for an assigned purpose; a building
fitted out for enterprise use; The
Free Dictionary.com definition.
facilities location:
... the place where the operations
of an enterprise are
housed, i.e., assets such as building(s) with equipment
and infrastructure; facilities
location work in which case it may be said that
it is a search for an available
building using essentially the same
steps as site selection. During a search for an available
building the word retrofit may
come into play.
facilities location work:
... the site
selection process generally
limited to searches for available buildings having usable
equipment and infrastructure in place or retrofitable;
the search to locate a facility.
facilities management / facility management:
... all supervisory activities or the
carrying-out of appointed responsibilities for a facility
or facilities; an item of assigned
responsibility in the job description of, say, someone
who manages the real estate assets of
an enterprise.
The resource archive in Site Location Assistance.com
has tips for facilities managers involved
in lease negotiations along with examples of
some of the types of job descriptions related to enterprise
development.
facilities planning / facility planning:
... pre-project formulation of an approach
to addressing issues related to facilities within
the enterprise
development process; that part of the site
selection process that accounts for all of the facilities-related
wants and needs of those responsible for the operations
of an enterprise.
factor:
... something that contributes to
a particular result. In the course of enterprise
development,
for example, location, market, human
resources and transportation need
to be factored
into any decision
matrix of facilities planning.
The availability of information about a location seeking economic
development is a factor
in its consideration for comparative
analyses by facilities locators
(see facilities location work)
and site
selectors observation
influenced the opening of Economic
Development.net for places
around the world to publish, for free, links to the
websites of their location
data suppliers.
failsafe:
... a means by which a failure is thwarted;
for example, the
promise of The Network can be
a failsafe that guards against experiencing unsatisfactory
results when using
search tools.
famtour or fam tour:
... a guided trip to, around or through
a place intended to help an individual or group
become familiar with it. For example, some locations seeking economic
development organize familiarization tours for
prospects, rolling
out the red carpet for them when they
arrive.
faq ... the combined initial
letters of the words in the phrase, frequently asked questions.
See the Q&A (Questions
and Answers) section of the file about the Global
Registry of Contacts for an example of FAQan
acronym for Frequently Asked Questions.
fast growing companies:
... business entities recognized
for the pace of their enterprise
development activities or potential to enter
the process with a number of specific projects;
a group of enterprises having,
for example, the attention of representatives of places seeking economic
development because are judged have the potential
for expansion or
relocation; in
other words, they may be prospects looking
for locations.
A fast-growing company is generally a relatively young,
often small or medium size business
enterprise.
fieldwork:
... engagement for the purpose of carrying
out a responsibility or performing a task at a location
away from the place, such as an office, of permanent
address; gathering information at the source or otherwise
carrying out of responsibilities on-site at
an outside location. Fieldwork is important for facilities
locators (see facilities location
work)
and site
selectors to complete their projects. for them
the field is made up of locations as places
of interest.
file folder graphic:
... one of a set of computer
graphics representing .network websites.
There are three file folders, each having its tab in
a different
position as show below (left tab, center tab, right tab).
When linked and shown as buttons, the file folder graphics
of The Network are identified with the initials
of domain
names (SLA,
FMH, EDN). A file-folder button
may be linked to enter the website it represents or the
three buttons together may be linked to an introduction
to .network navigation. Such is the
case for the following file folder graphics.
    
file not found:
... a typical message that pops up on
your computer screen after unsuccessfully seeking an address
online.
In other words, file-not-found means that a URL
address string cannot produce anything viewable.
The Network offers its search
promise in an effort to try and avoid the FNF
or similar message turing out to be a a dead
end. It's
possible that useful information related to the .network mission may
be available
elsewhere. For example,
thousands of names
and addresses
of resource
and service provider members of the International Development
Research Council were transferred to the Global
Registry of Contacts as
the files of that association were removed from the Web
several years ago. The information remains available today.
firewall:
... (real estate) a barrier constructed
with fire retardant features or materials.
From its original definition as something to prevent
the spread of fire, the term has now also come to mean
a legal barrier, such as preventative measures to protect
financial information. A firewall in a computer network
indicates that there is security to prevent unauthorized
users, such as cyberthugs,
from gaining access. Gateway security is a way
of describing a firewall scheme online.
firm:
... an economic
enterprise as a partnership not recognized
legally
as distinct from those who
are its members or similar confirmation of association;
a professional services enterprise.
fiscal:
... related to financial matters in general,
as in fiscal
responsibility (resource
article); the handling
of public revenues (resource
article). Analysis of the fiscal status of places
of interest to an enterprise
developer helps avoid a future surprise and unexpected
burden, such as
a tax increase. Changes in fiscal
status viewed as having a negative impact on operations
and/or profits in a community can lead to the initiation
of a relocation project.
fiscal year:
... accounting
period that may be other than the calendar yearsee
InvestorWords.com
flextime:
... flexible
work time meaning that employees
may set their own schedules; an arrangement by which employees
have different work schedules; a
work schedule allowing
an employee to start and
finish at different times than others; flexitime;
AKA staggered work time
flood plain:
... land that is known to
have been flooded by
a river, stream or other waterway at one
time
or
another; a flood-prone land area revealed by telltale signs;
land that qualifies as flood-prone by a record or projection
that it has a 1% annual chance of being covered by an overflowing
of water; land that is likely to be flooded at least once
in a 100 year period.
floor area ratio:
... the
relation which a building floor area to its site. It's
the number resulting from division of floor size by
site size, for example 100,000 sf divided by 1,000,000
sf is a 10 to 1 ratio.
FMH:
... initials for Find Me Here, the website
where information is published from the Global
Registry of Contacts. Also, you may notice that you
are using Find Me Here.com.
FMH Search Tool:
... The original WebSearch
1.11 search
application used to query .network websites.
It remains in service although the Google/.network search
engine is readily available. The WebSearch application
doesn't actually search the Web as the name may imply.
It works inside websites, such as in Find Me Here.com,
but can be useful because of its simple pull-down
menu feature
which facilitates searches
for words that begin with capital letters. We recommend
using it to search for information published online from
the Global
Registry of Contacts. The application is also available
for searching
inside Site Location Assistance.com for regions
as locations. Your use of the WebSearch application
is covered by the search promise of The Network as
are other search
tools.
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what is an FMH Search Tool / where
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followup:
... examination and subsequent
obligatory action(s) taken, self-imposed or otherwise,
to continue something that has already begun; to revisit
a previous situation or action and pick up where there is
a perceived need or opportunity to continue in order to
follow
through.
foreign investment:
... the importation of capital necessary
for enterprise
development seen as reverse
investment; exported foreign investment capitalforeign
investment capital is defined as funds moved
outside of a political
boundary and committed for a purpose of gain
while also infusing an economy where they are
put to work. The term overseas investment is sometimes
uses to identify the use of capital for enterprise development
or business expansion outside a country. Exported enterprise
development capital goes into facilities and
other productive assets, such as
equipment. It's given
attention as a means of job
creation. On the negative side,
foreign investment can come under
fire in term of jobs creation. For example, it's not uncommon
to see reports attempting to explain foreign investment
in the context of jobs going overseas or some
similar expression (example).
Foreign investment has the attention of economic
development practitioners in terms of both job
creation and job loss
depending upon which side of the process they are onif
this statement interests you, take a look at Best
Practices for Locations that want Economic Development.
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forward strategy:
... a plan or method set forth for continuing
a project after
its initial funding is no longer available; an succession
or exit plan developed at the outset
of a project but offered at its conclusion along with an
identification of opportunities for obtaining funding.
As defined here, forward strategy is tied to capital
or revenue resources. The term, backward strategy, doesn't
mean anything in this context. A working-backward strategy
or so called problem decomposition strategy has to do with
investigation, especially with taking something apart.
franchise tax:
... a government extraction from the
income or assets of an enterprise in exchange for a license
to operate in is jurisdiction. InvestorWords.com offers
its
definition describing the tax as regressive.
Answers.com also
has a definition in which regressive tax
is defined as one in which ... the
rate decreases as the tax base increases.
free-access:
... expression used by The
Network to,
in a word, let its website visitors and users know
that they are not in the least obstructed. There is absolutely
no
request or requirement to pay an access fee to enter and
use a .network website.
Also, there is no request or requirement for an identity,
including having a need to use a password. Websites are not
monitored in any way that seeks or reveals personal
information. Users with questions
or comments or who want to request delivery on the .network search
promise are provided instructions for sending an email
either anonymously or
by providing information for the
Global
Registry of Contacts; nonetheless, the choice to
provide information is completely in their hands. For your
information, nonpartisan is
another important one word description of The
Network.
free agent:
... someone working independently and
representing themselves; a solo worker. Free
Agent Nation by Dan Pink describes free agents
as as a self-reliant, tech-savvy, and fulfillment-seeking.
As employees, Pink says they are likely to have horizontal
loyalty.
freeport law ... an allowed exemption from inventory
taxation. definition of free
port.
freight cost analysis:
... the examination of a transportation infrastructure
and/or system in terms of efficiency of goods movement,
inventory, warehouse distribution activities, and other
aspects of the supply chain; a study of shipping costs;
an item of comparative
analysis; a form of break-even or marginal-income
analysis (The Cooperative Extension
College of Agriculture, Washington State University, Pullman,
WA has a
resource paper online that discusses these two analyses
as one). It goes without saying that the ideal
freight cost situation would be to have no distance to
cover when receiving raw materials
and delivering products or services.
front office:
... the place from which directions and
instructions come as seen by an organized group of workers;
the place of administration where
work assignments or production schedules originate; the place where
management is located and where customers and/or the public are generally
considered to have access when an operation is separated into a front
part and back part; a headquarters for an operation.
fulfillment package:
... a marketing term identifying the
collection of materials that make up a response
to
a request, for example, a mail-out of
brochures to people who inquire after
seeing a tourism advertising campaign; a promotional package;
an economic
development marketing term. The term location
package can have the same meaning in the jargon
of site
selection.
full-time:
... the standardized
length of time for being on the job
that the employee and employer mutually agree
frames a pay-period. A full-time
employee is likely to
qualify
for
benefits that are not available for those who work part-time.
Employees paid hourly who are called upon to work longer
than the predetermined time-period are eli gable for overtime
pay.
full time equivalent:
... the total number of workers,
including
part-time,
in an area as the full-time equivalent.
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