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This section of the library is maintained especially for those participants in the .network mission interested in having a resource to facilitate searches for places of interest and their location data suppliers. You are invited to suggest an addition to the global list of locations maintained by The Network at anytime. CLICK HERE for easy-to-follow instructions.



about locations	location search guide

Search for a Location

location data suppliers / types of location data suppliers

location data / location data elements / items of location data

how locations are listed in the Global Registry of Contacts

how locations are listed in the Regional Site Selection Directory

how locations are listed in the Economic Development Network website

some publications that focus on location work

directories and network useful to those interested in location work

definition of location work

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location search:

	Page 6 of the .network introduction is Search for a Location. Links to all search guide pages in the introduction are available in the Search section of the library.
	Global Registry of Contacts pages are organized online alphabetically by location (example). The purpose of GRC pages online is to accommodate searches. For information about is on a GRC page for searching, CLICK HERE. An index of the GRC pages organized by country is available in Site Location Assistance.com. Also, when you enter Area Development in the Economic Development Network website, each country file has a link to a GRC pages index.
	As you search for locations throughout The Network, you will see the expression, site selection or something similar. This library has a Site Selection section. One of websites of The Network is Site Location Assistance.com. SLA is where the Regional Site Selection Directory is housed. Area Development in the Economic Development Network website is a site selection resource. Places throughout the world that want to attract economic development prospects have the opportunity to list in EDN for free and include links to the websites of their location data suppliers. User are invited to help build The Network as a site selection resource by suggesting places of interest as well as location data suppliersmake your suggestion(s) now.
	Suggestions of keyword combinations for searching the Web for more information are provided below. Simply copy and paste the italicized text lines to the search engine provided at the top of this page. Keep quotation marks intact. Where you see the word location outside of quotation marks, the suggestion is that you replace it with the identity of a place of interest ... keeping the .network promise in mind.

Suggestions for location searches:

SEARCH for ... location "location data supplier "site selection"

SEARCH for ... location information supplier chamber of commerce website

SEARCH for ... location data library community profile

SEARCH for ... location publications "site selection"

SEARCH for ... location publications "economic development"

SEARCH for ... location site consultant "site selection" business

SEARCH for ... location data broker "site selection"

SEARCH for ... location "site selection" development information contact

SEARCH for ... location "economic development" information contact

SEARCH for ... location information contact site selection

SEARCH for ... location area development "site selection" contact

SEARCH for ... location economic development contact directory

SEARCH for ... location "community profile" site selection information

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Site selection is the process of enterprise and economic development that is directly related to search for a location to accommodate an expansion or relocation as well as a new venture startup. The work of searching for a location involves gathering information (see the definition of location data supplier), analyzing it, and comparing places of interest (see the definition of comparative analysis). About Site Selection in Site Location Assistance.com has links to several introductions to the process broken down into a few steps that cover its essentials. Also, this library you are using has a site selection section.

Site Location Assistance.com is where you find the Regional Site Selection Directory, a resource for places throughout the world seeking economic development to publish their names and links to location data supplier websites for site selectors to use. The directory lists locations within regions. A region is identified by the name of the city that its its beacon for enterprise and economic development, a place that is generally its commercial, financial, communications and transportation hub. List of terms that relate to these regional centers:

city-region	global city-region	megalopolis
mesolopolis	metropolis	metropolitan
microlopolis	town	urban area

How do members of the .network user group find site selection ready locations? page up.

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compare locations:

... a category of location data when seen, for example published at the websites of area and local development representatives, as links to information about places in competition with those being promoted. Comparing places of interest is a standard operating procedure used for site location consultants to come up with recommended choices for clients.

The International Economic Development Council offers a free download of a set of spreadsheets with approximately 1,200 data elements organized to guide location representatives on how to present information to site selectors for comparative analysis. See the definition of location data standards in the Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary.

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investors and partners:

Websites and promotional materials of area and local development contacts often acknowledge those who support their efforts. Investors are acknowledged as those who support economic development with capital input. Partners are acknowledged as supporter who are independent but have some sort of agreement that binds them together in an ally network. At the website of a economic development organization, for example, you may see a link category listed as about or general information along with location data elements.

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economic developers as resource contacts:

People who are paid or volunteer to work at marketing places seeking to benefit from the process and deal with prospects are economic developers where the rubber meets the road ... resource suppliers and service providers in the field where the action is. The road to success begins with them being competent at supplying information to prospects, i.e., they are first and foremost location data suppliers. Take a look at Site Selection in Five Steps to see where gathering information places location data suppliers in the order of things. There are other skills economic development practitioners should havesee Appendix C in the Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary.

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define nation ... define a nation as a location for site selection

define nation-state

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This page represents a section of the Enterprise and Economic Development Library named Locations. Go to the Site Selection section of this .network resource center by selecting the left-pointing navigation button at the top of this page or to the Contacts section by selecting the right-pointing button. The word location has a special meaning in The Network.

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