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The cities listed below were announced
on April 23, 2007 as the top selections among cities in Mexico of
various sizes in the 2007/2008 North American Cities of the Future
competition as featured in the April/May 2007 issue.
fDi magazine is
published by the Financial Times group (FT
Business). Some awards will be presented during the
BIO 2007 convention in Boston on May 7.
The table below summarizes the Top 10 overall rankings of
Mexican cities among all North American competitors, as well as the Top Five
rankings on individual selection factors which were used as weighted scores
to select the overall winners. North American
Cities of the Future 2007/08
Article in fDi. 2009 North American
Cities of the Future
nomination process |
Background about this
competition, and the selection process. fDi North
American Cities of the Future among
large and small cities in Canada
and in the USA among
major,
large,
small and "micro"
cities.
Contact Bruce Donnelly for more
information as the US marketing and advertising sales representative of fDi. |
April 23, 2007 press release
announcing the winners
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There were nominations from 108 cities of all sizes from the
United States, Canada, and Mexico for this very competitive business
location benchmarking and "short list" selection process involving nine
months of research work and independent expert review of more than 60 facts
provided by the nominated cities. This 2007 award
program is similar to the cover feature of the
June/July 2005 issue of fDi - Foreign Direct Investment magazine.
Mexican winners in 2005. A special report about Mexico is planned
for the June 2007 issue of fDi magazine.
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Editor's
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Overall - all size ranges
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Best Economic Potential
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Most Cost-Effective
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Best Human Resources
- none in Top 5 in this very competitive ranking
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Best Quality of Life
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Best Infrastructure
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Most Business Friendly
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Best Development and Investment Promotion
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