KPMG's Guide to International Business Location

Contributing Firms

A study of this magnitude requires the assistance of many organizations. In addition to the KPMG member firms in each country, the following firms were also major contributors of data for this study:

Each of these firms can be contacted by clicking on their logo, which links to their respective web site.

Colliers

Colliers International gathered all real estate, construction, and leasing data required for this study. Data were provided by Colliers professionals in each of the countries studied.
 

Mercer

Mercer, through its global network of human resource consultants, conducts detailed annual salary, wage, and benefit surveys in many countries around the world. Mercer supplied labor cost data for all study countries.
 

ERI

ERI Economic Research Institute, based in Seattle, Washington, analyzes, aggregates, and compiles US and Canadian labor cost data based on the thousands of individual salary and wage surveys conducted in North America every year. For this study, ERI supplied salary and wage data for Canada and the United States.
 

MMK Consulting

MMK Consulting Inc., based in Vancouver, Canada, designed, developed, and maintains both the CompetitiveAlternatives.com website and the CompetitiveAlternatives.com Costing Model. MMK Consulting also acted as project manager on behalf of KPMG through the research and analytical phases of this project.
 

Galaxy Transport Corp

Galaxy Transport Corp., based in Vancouver, Canada, coordinated the collection of freight cost data for all study countries through its global network of agents and relationships with major global freight carriers.
 

Mexico Consulting Group             Cosmex

Mexico Consulting Group (MCG), based in San Francisco, California, and its partner, Cosmex International, based in Monterrey, Mexico, specialize in advising corporate investors on issues of feasibility and strategy in establishing and expanding business operations in Mexico. For this study, MCG and Cosmex supplied operational cost data for Mexico.

 
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