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This directory selectively provides links to organizations which perform direct or indirect research work to maintain
timely market knowledge and publish reports or analysis about major
investment project decisions.
The "Projects"
section will also selectively include information about specific projects,
organized by location and industry. This may identify EDO's or service
providers involved.
Suggestions are
welcome for additional sources of project research. |
The presence or absence of any organization on these lists,
or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services,
nor by them about our own. The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives
and advisors who may be
unaware of such services, or how to reach them or their websites quickly. Note that vertical trade publications (Chemical Week,
Plastics News, etc.) as well as
economic development magazines often
report major project announcements. |
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The "Search Americas" and other research tools at ShortListNews.com
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| Source
(link to Service Profile) |
Description |
Availability, Purpose |
Website |
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Industrial Information Resources, Inc. |
Tracks news
and projects for energy. heavy manufacturing, and industrial process
industries such as oil, pharmaceutical, chemicals and others. This is
intended to support sales by professionals who provide services to these
industries. |
Even free
access to their reports requires subscription and a legal agreement about
how the information is used. Much of the timely content is "premium",
involving a paid subscription for access. There are also special
reports for purchase. |
www.industrialinfo.com
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| Oxford Intelligence
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Research heavily but not exclusively about
European project announcements, and project leads qualified through
telemarketing research and other methods such as a network of independent
reporters. |
Available to clients in the economic
development and professional services field to support "lead generation"
or benchmarking
marketing activities, and also for PR (quoted by Conway Data, MIGA, and fDi magazine) |
www.oxint.com
www.ipaworld.com
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| fDi
Intelligence |
Formerly part
of OCO Consulting, acquired by the Financial Times group (publisher of fDi
magazine). |
Subscription
service for market research and corporate location benchmarking related to
foreign direct investment projects. Typically used by IPA's
for benchmarking against other areas |
www.fdimarkets.com
www.fdibenchmark.com
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OCO Consulting |
Tracks FDI
projects worldwide as well as government initiatives to attract FDI. |
Consulting services
related to economic development and investment attraction. |
www.ococonsulting.com
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| IBM Business Consulting
Services -
Plant Location International,
Brussels |
Maintains GILD (Global Investment Location
Database) to track major project announcements worldwide. Specific
project details and sources behind the analysis are generally not reported. |
For internal reference by location consultants
and to report trends for PR purposes in trade publications and events, and
to reinforce development agency or investor relationships |
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Project Development Services "PlantClosings.com |
The company
buys and sells surplus and used industrial equipment, and therefore tracks
plant closures as well as announced expansions in the USA and Canada. |
Publishes
Plant Closing News, Plant Bankruptcy News, and Plant Expansion News as paid
subscription newsletters. |
www.plantclosings.com
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Conway Data |
Maintains "New Plants Database" of project announcements, and
e-mail newsletter "Site Selection Insider" highlighting recent project
announcements. |
Subscription fee-only access to project
database, free access to the e-mail newsletter. Research is related to
stories in Site Selection magazine and IAMC association membership. |
www.conway.com
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Deloitte |
Periodic survey research among investors about
investment plans and issues. Specific project details are generally
not reported. |
For internal reference by location consultants
and to identify project leads for sales purposes, reporting trends for PR
purposes in trade publications and events. |
www.us.deloitte.com
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| The World Bank - MIGA Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency |
Has funded research work regarding international
direct investment activity and plans among US and other investors worldwide |
Check availability. Focus is primarily to
support the improvement of investment promotion programs in targeted
developing countries, such as in Africa |
www.miga.org
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