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Competitive Alternatives
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KPMG's Guide to International Business Location
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Executive Highlights Competitive Alternatives is KPMG's guide to comparing business locations in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Competitive Alternatives 2010 is the most thorough comparison of international business locations ever undertaken by KPMG. This study contains valuable information for any company considering their international business location options. Competitive Alternatives 2010 compares business competitiveness for more than 100 cities in 10 countries: Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. For 2010, Competitive Alternatives expands its coverage of large international business centers, adding a number of major global cities to the study for the first time. International results now reflect business costs in each country's major metropolitan regions. The primary focus of Competitive Alternatives 2010 is international business costs. The study measures the combined impact of 26 significant cost components that are most likely to vary by location, as applied to 17 different business operations over 10 years. Competitive Alternatives also compares a variety of non-cost factors that also influence the relative attractiveness of locations to business. Aspects considered by the study include labor availability and skills, economic conditions and markets, innovation, infrastructure, and regulatory environment, as well as personal cost of living and quality of life. |
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