gain:
... profit received from the sales of an
asset. If it's a depreciable
capital
asset, gain has: (1)
recaptured depreciation, if any, and (2) capital
gain.
gap financing:
... a temporary form of financing in
advance of a permanent
loan. It is used to make up the
difference between a floor
loan (underlying
loan) and the total amount required.
general partnership:
... a form of business organization in
which partners are co-owners together partnership
geocode:
... a computerized process that uses
coordinates to uniquely identify a location from
a geographic descriptionsee
geocoding in
Wikipedia which also has a file
covering the geocode topic;
a marketing term indicating the demographic characterization
of a location.
geography of location:
... the surface of the earth, its features
and all that is constructed on it, in the immediate vicinity
of a place under
consideration by a site
selector. A site location consultant and
former corporate
real estate executive is quoted elsewhere in this glossary
as saying, (location,
location, location is) ... only pertinent
if a certain geography is targeted. The reference is apparently
to a geographic region ... identified at the
outset of an enterprise development effort as one in which a search
is to be conducted in
order to find a location (source).
Location is
the operative word in geography of location and
is implied as such when development
region has a meaning
related to gathering site
selection intelligence. In other words, when
geography defines a place from
which information is to be gathered, validated, integrated or enhanced
in support of the business
decision maker, especially the enterprise
developer, it
is part of the site
location dynamic.
getting underway:
... starting
up;
moving from a static point to one of motion; a state of
being in effect or being operative, e.g., getting a business
operation underway; moving on from a fixed point.
ghetto:
... often refers to a
densely populated, poor, area with run-down buildings and surroundings.
Answers.com
defines ghetto with discussion of ghetto history.
Two resource articles that may be of interest are listed
in
Site Location Assistance.com with links to them. One is
titled Rebuilding the Urban Ghetto: Few Economic Development
Programs Show Promise, the other, In The Ghetto,
brings out the expression, slum tourism, with explanation.
global city-region:
... one of the world's major urban areassuggestions
for searching for them are in the International
Trade and Development section of the Enterprise
and Economic Development Library. Also see the city-region
information in Site Location
Assistance.com.
global region:
... a continent or other top tier geographic
area. A
region identified as Oceania serves as an example of a
top tier area. It's made up of the continent of Australia
in combination with the smaller
land masses and islands of the southern, western, and
central Pacific Ocean, including the Malay Archipelago,
Melanesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, and Polynesia. CLICK
HERE for
a guide to searching for economic
development contacts for
Oceania and other major global regions. See the definition
of a region as a location for more explanation.
within global regions and global
city-regions in
the .
Global Directory of Contacts:
... a database used to deliver on a unique search
promise. It contains thousands of records
with contact
data and other information about resource
and service providers of interest to users
of The
Network. It
converts to an contact
directory as
key
items that facilitate searches by users are published
online. The GRC
supports several types
of important resource directories. Contacts throughout
the world who qualify to participate in the mission
of
The Network have their records organized
and maintained for free in the database. If interested, you
determine for yourself whether you qualify. Information
from GRC records can be used
to increase exposure online for contacts who are serious
about business
networking.
CLICK
HERE for a guide for using this search tool.
goal:
... a broadly defined objective or
a mission
statement. The Free Dictionary by Farlex has a
definition.
Also, see the definition of goal setting and an resource
article at Entrepreneur.com
grandfather:
... action taken to allow
the continuance of something that was permissible or accepted
under the condition that others
coming along after, although being the same, are denied.
graphic:
... a pictorial representation, for
example, the file folder icon used
to represent a .network website. Appendix
H of this glossary shows various graphics used by The
Network.
GRC ... acronym for the Global
Registry of Contacts
greenfield site:
... a real estate site not yet
developed; a fresh sitemore
in Brownfield
Redevelopment.
gross income:
... income in hand before adjustments or deductions
for expenses, such as taxes, depreciation or operating
expenses; top line of a financial or income statement as
opposed to the bottom
line. Gross income is top line income.
gross up:
... to increase an employee's gross
income,
especially as an incentive. For example, an enterprise relocation an
employee to a place where the cost of living is higher
may gross up pay as a compensation. There is risk
involved in grossing up to
offset a disadvantage
groundbreaking:
... the process of breaking the ground
(breaking ground) in order to begin, for example, to begin
construction after a site location project is completed;
a ceremonial event to signify start of construction (groundbreaking
ceremony); an innovative event or situation like nothing
done or experienced beforedefinition
in The Free Dictionary by Farlex. Related keyword: startup.
G7 country:
... one of a group of seven leading industrial
nations that began meeting annually in the mid-1970s to
address economic
and political issues that they and the rest of the world face. There
are four countries in Europe (G4). The G4 countries are France, Germany,
Italy, and the United Kingdom. The G7 countries include Canada, Japan,
and the United States.
group move:
... relocation of a number of employees.
Relocation organizations (sometimes referred
to as relos) specialize in providing group
move servicesmore group move information.
growth node:
... a high performing cluster of networked
enterprises in an area; a place within a location having
an ICT (Information/Communications
Technologies) network infrastructure, thus made-ready for
sophisticated enterprise and economic development.
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