
The first page in this series ties enterprise development
to economic development.
Use the right-pointing page-in-series button above to learn
more about the combined processes. This page is a directory
for accessing various enterprise development resources.
enterprise development===================...

a
section of the Enterprise and Economic Development Library / Library
Directory

a
process of interest to members of the .network user group

economic
development risk.

questionnaires
used to exchange information with resource and service providers
additional resources:

3
stages of an enterprise development project

5-point
guide for getting started with an enterprise development project

comments
about where business networking fits into enterprise development

the
enterprise development project wrap-up
 
questions
and answers
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forms and questionnaires
... is listed among a slew of
location
data elements on page
2 of About Site Selection in
order to let prospects know
that places
seeking economic development like to have information upfront
to help them properly prepare fulfillment
packages.
Area and local development contacts as
well as other location
data suppliers typically seek to follow up with suspects and
initiate working relationships with serious prospects. It is only
fitting that enterprise
developers and site
selectors provide
resource
and service providers with project
profiles and specifications (selection
criteria in the case of location
work) when requesting
information, that is, if they want to develop a working
relationship.
Page
1 of About Site Selection has a link to a 5-step
overview of the process which shows where gathering of information
fits in (step 3), i.e., where you are likely to encounter forms
and questionnaires as
an enterprise developer or site selector. The five steps are the
same for enterprise development (use the link
above for access).
Additional resources similar are listed above and
in About
Site Selection.

Some forms and questionnaires have been around since before the
Internet and may be referred to by their initials, for example,
PQ which stands for Prospect Questionnaire. The PQ is an acronym
mostly used by economic developers to identify forms sent to site
selectors to gather details about selection criteria so that they
can organize more complete location
packages. A PQ may also be
identified as a PSF: Project Specifications
Form

A prospect may distribute an RFP / Request
for Proposal (select the link and look below the RFP definition
in the Enterprise and
Economic Development Directory to see that there is also an RFQ. Prospects,
especially site
location consultants have been known to send out questionnaires ... some
as book-size documents. Since many location
data suppliers have organized their
websites with information by categories,
site selectors are now able to gather what they want directly online. In
the US, site
location consultants joined with economic developers several years ago
to organize standards for
the latter to present their information.

Whether processed by the use of paper or through telecommunications,
information that serves the site selection process can easily be
separated into 30-50 categories See Location
Data Elements for the Site Selection Process. Should
you want to a more in-depth review of data elements take a look
at a set of 25
spreadsheets and approximately 1,200 data elements available for free
download from the website of IEDC (International
Economic Development Council). Beyond site
location work, in the larger arena of enterprise
development the kind of information sought will likely have
to do with market
analysis and evaluation of the potential of location and market to
produce an acceptable cost-to-profit
ratio.

The use of forms and questionnaires for exchanging information among members of
the target audience of The
Network brings up the question of confidentiality. The
fifth question among those shown below addresses the issue as does the The
Site Selection Directory.
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Is business development the same thing as enterprise development?
answer

Is site selection part of the enterprise development process? answer

What does an enterprise developer do? answer

Who are the resource and service provider contacts for enterprise developers?
answer

Is confidentiality important in working with resource and service
providers? answer

Where can I find an enterprise and economic development directory? answer

How does one qualify for a record in the enterprise development GRC?
answer

Do enterprise development, site selection and economic development fit together?
answer

How can I search the Internet for enterprise development resources?

See Search in
the Enterprise
and Economic Development Library for resources or you can use
the search engine at the top of this page to Google
the Web. Following are italicized suggestions for keyword
combinations that you can copy and paste. Keep quotation marks intact
where you find them. Replace the word location with
the identity
of a place of interest

Search the Web for ... "enterprise development" resources

Search the Web for ... location enterprise development
resources

Search the Web for ... location enterprise development incentives

Search the Web for ... enterprise development incentives

Search the Web for ... location enterprise "economic development" resources

Search the Web for ... "enterprise development" guide
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define area and local development contacts

define economic
development interest

define project profile and selection criteria ... a profile and selection
criteria together

define project specifications form

define resource
and service providers ... as in mission contacts
define selection
criteria ... as in specifications used
to search
for a location
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http://www.sitelocationassistance.com/search/report/rr0405.htm http://www.sitelocationassistance.com/search/dictionary/p/psf.htm
http://www.findmehere.com/grc.htm
http://www.findmehere.com/search/index.htm
http://www.findmehere.com/search/dictionary/v/virtuality.htm
http://www.findmehere.com/search/dictionary/v_index.htm
http://www.findmehere.com/search/dictionary/r_index.htm
http://www.findmehere.com/search/dictionary/p/personal_cntc.htm
http://www.findmehere.com/search/dictionary/p_index.htm
http://www.findmehere.com/search/dictionary/b/business_practice.htm
http://www.findmehere.com/search/dictionary/c_index.htm
http://www.economicdevelopment.net/ad_n/about.htm
http://www.findmehere.com/search/dictionary/b_index.htm
http://www.findmehere.com/contacts/default.htm
site location consultants:

... site
selectors for hire or volunteer advisors. Site selection consulting
for a fee is generally considered to have started
in North America around 1920.
As consultants gained
experience in finding places for relocations and expansions they
incorporated the service of advising communities, from which
was created the practice of industrial
development. The practice identity was later changed
to economic development in places where there was a desire for
professional recognition.
As competition between locations grew more sophisticated,
economic
developers took on the role of marketing communities. The
American Economic Development Council recognized in the early 1990s
that its members representing locations were engaged
in a specialized form of marketing; however, consultants in economic
development marketing were already active before that. During the 1980s
and after more and more commercial
and industrial real estate professionals took on the
role of site location advisors. Its understood today that a real estate
consultant is assumed to be qualified as a site location consultant.
It should be noted that many experienced economic
development practitioners have achieved recognition as site selection
advisors, especially, those best defined as area
developers.
It is not unusual for such an economic
developer, with experience, to
move on to qualify with real
estate credentials. This brings a focus to the point
that there are area developers who are expert site
location consultants. They may offer free services
but the business
decision maker should be aware of their bias; nevertheless,
savvy enterprise
developers are often able to create
networks and
use them effectively as as advisors.

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Page 1 in a series that introduces the enterprise
development process as it takes place in locations throughout
the world and brings about their economic
development. Lean about enterprise development by studying various
definitions or CLICK
HERE to find out what an enterprise developer does. Also,
since site
location work is a key component of enterprise development,
it may be worthwhile to read our answer
to questions about what selectors do. If you want to know
who is providing you these resource pages, CLICK
HERE.
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