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More from Consultant’s Forum Louisville

Especially interesting session this afternoon with Greg Lubar from Jones Lang LaSalle on Foreign Direct Investment in the US.  Greg recently handled Project Polar Bear which was Volkswagen and their now announced $1 Billion facility in Chattanooga.

  • internationals are often overwhelmed by the amount of information available on communities and states;
  • Confidentiality is especially important to international projects.  When their is a breach, it is usually an elected official;
  • International companies expected an integrated solution.  They want one point of contact who will filter information back and forth;
  • Internationals are much more risk adverse than US companies;
  • Internationals do not want the state to filter their sites for them so they may not start with more general requirements than they actually need.
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