search tools:
CLICK HERE
for a directory of search
tools or use Google:
search assistance:
The Network is committed to helping
you experience a successful search. Help is available for to those
who are interested in being a part of our
mission. Browse through .network
hubs or use any search
tool and, if you do not readily find what you want or
if you reach what seems to be a dead
end, ask us to deliver on the
commitment. Personal attention is given to all requests.
The service is free to members
of the .network user
group. All users are welcomed to call
for this free search assistance when looking online for places
of interests and wanting to gather location
data. All
users have the opportunity anonymously
test this commitment.
CLICK
HERE for details about this unique offer of free search assistance.
CLICK HERE
for .network search help
CLICK HERE for a tool box directory
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.network glossary:
A tool for learning the jargon of enterprise
and economic development. Many of its terms and definitions
are how-to resources.
The glossary has definitions for those who are interested in business
operations, including efforts for moving them to a higher level
of excellence.
It includes site
selection and real
estate terms. There are terms and definitions for enterprise
developers and economic
developers as well as their resource
and service providers interested in using the Web
to help maintain and build working relationships online (business
networking). Select the italicized links in this paragraph
for definitions or move to the glossary by using the following directory,
or CLICK
HERE for a search
tool.
alphabetical pages: A
B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
titled pages in series:
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The Resource Report:
A tool that anyone engaged in enterprise
and economic development can freely use to help
build The Network with resources for moving projects
and other efforts forward. The Resource Report is in newsletter
format because it announces what members
of the group that uses The Network suggest or contribute.
There is no obligation or cost involved in users submitting
resources. The Network, as you may know, is a free-access,
nonpartisan,
B2B
online
information service more.
The
Resource Report 2000 has an introduction and also begins
the archived series of issues of the newsletter. You are invited
to suggest
or contribute a resource.
CONTACT US
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.network WebSearch
The reference library of The Network. It has general references,
such as dictionaries,
as well as resources for specific use by those who are interested
in enterprise
and economic development. You can move through a series of pages
to one that provides access
to top-rated search engines, for example, Google (... at the
top of this page). It has other resources and
tools recommended or requested by .network users.
The
Resource Report is a part it.
CLICK
HERE for the entry page to the .network WebSearch series.
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Global Registry of Contacts:
Its a proprietary
database providing global support for enterprise
and economic development through the .network search
promisesee
Search
for a Contact. It contains thousands of names and addresses
of resource and service providers. We publish
only limited information online from it in order to let users know
that contact
data is available
for the asking. Records are created and maintained in the GRC
without cost or obligation on the part of qualified applicants.
How can I know that I qualify for a record in the
database? (answer)
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Site Selection Directory
A tool that site
selectors and other enterprise
developers can use to publish announcements of their projects
online
and thereby broadcast
their wants and needs to resource and service providers.
The Network provides webpages without cost or obligation
to those who are qualified (disclaimer
and privacy
policy) and willing to allow publication of a project
profile and selection
criteria or specifications.
Along with the offer to publish for free is a commitment to contact
targeted resource and service providers to let
them know that the page is online with information of interest to
them.
Services
are also available along with the Site Selection Directory for
those who have confidential
plans and activities to protect and, therefore, want to remain anonymous.
Also, services are available for those who want to outsource the
gathering of information and preliminary proposals from specific
resource and service providers rather than broadcast
an announcement online.
The Site
Selection Directory and the services for gathering information
that support it are of the same professional quality as those similarly
offered that can cost thousands of dollars. Over 35 years of experience
helps assure that users of the SSD seeking cost-efficient services
receive a true value even when they take advantage of the free offerings
of The Network.
CLICK
HERE for details about the Site Selection Directory program
and its costs.
CLICK HERE
to inquire about using the Site Selection Directory.
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forms and questionnaires:
Before the World
Wide Web paper forms and questionnaires
were the primary tools for organizing and distributing project
specifications. Enterprise
developers jotted down thoughts on paper about what they
needed or would like to have in order to move forward with plans
for new startups or expansions. Resource
and service providers, especially
location
development representatives, used paper questionnaires
with the hope of converting inquirers to prospects
The .network definition of request
for proposal describes a form used to set forth project
specifications. The RFP
is universally understood in business because it's such an
important management tool. As indicated at the end of the above paragraph resource
and service providers look forward to having the opportunity
to respond to proposal requests after being asked to provide
information to enterprise
developers. Alert area and local
development representatives want opportunities
to respond to inquirers with custom
tailored location
packages that contain proposals in the
form of incentive offers that address specific selection
criteria.
definition of
request for proposal is a document issued when an organization
chooses to make specifications available in order to buy something
meaning of RFP
The expressions Project Specifications Form (PSF) and Prospect
Questionnaire are two ways of describing what area
and local development representatives use to convert informational
requests from suspected prospects into
requests for proposals. These tools are for gathering selection
criteria for the economic development side of the
site location equation. Any resource or
service provider interested in
economic
development prospects may use them.
CLICK HERE for comments about how and
when to submit selection criteria to The Network as
well as others.
Enterprise
developers and site
selectors who go online to
gather location data will find a plethora of websites with
community
profiles. For summary findings from a survey executives
and their advisors indicating that over sixty percent them
would use of economic
development websites, CLICK HERE.
Experienced enterprise
developers and site
selectors address the issue of protecting confidential plans
and activities related to expansions, relocations and new-venture
startups up front, especially as they begin
filling out questionnaires, submitting PSF or
reaching out to form working relationships with resource
and service providers. The old adage from the wars of
the 20th century applies: Loose
lips sink ships. That being the case, most enterprises seek
to protect confidential development plans, trade secrets,
pricing, market moves, financial data, customer records,
research, and other sensitive matters that could, at
worst, in the wrong hands bring about their
downfallmore.
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tools for organizing to request information
and site location assistance:
An
Introduction to the Enterprise Development Process
... resource paper written by the founder and developer of
The Network. In addition to being of interest to those who have
a stake in enterprise development,
the paper is for site selectors and
those who provide
them resources
and assistance,
such as location data suppliers, area developers, and local economic
development representatives. Here are two specific items from
the paper ...
  An answer to
the question: What are enterprise development projects?
Getting
started on the path to success with an enterprise development project.
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essential considerations (data categories) when requesting location data.
about
real estate assets management
definition
of site location project
SEARCH SLA.network for typical+site+selector+data+requests
... under reconstruction
 The
Resource Report, vol. 2, #1, 2001
...
beginning with the FAQ: What should I tell a local a local data
supplier?
The
Resource Report, vol. 3, #2, 2002
...
suggests reviewing a couple of definitions of selection criteria.
http://www.sitelocationassistance.com/about/psf.htm
...
shows elements of a PSF published online at a EDO website
(as example).
SEARCH SLA.network for project+specifications+form+...
... under reconstruction
http://www.sitelocationassistance.com/edspsfi.htm
http://www.sitelocationassistance.com/edspsfo.htm
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tool box directory:
about
economic development (pages in a series looped)
about
enterprise development (pages in a series looped)
.network database
of contacts or The Global Registry of Contacts
.network introduction (pages in a series looped)
.network glossary
.network reference
library or .network WebSearch
.network resources
newsletter
or The Resource Report
.network Site
Selection Directory
.network search assistance or (search
promise)
.network search tools directory or (page up)
about
site selection (pages in a series looped)
about
site selection forms and questionnaires
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