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 categoriesSee 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.economicdevelopment.net/search/dictionary/e/ed_interest.htm

http://www.sitelocationassistance.com/search/dictionary/l/location_profile.htm

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.

definition of development project / definition of project development

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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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