China's site selection challenges how one company hopped the wall
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UK-based Regus, the biggest provider of fully serviced business centers worldwide, overcame problems ranging from exorbitant real estate costs to language barriers to successfully manage its first Chinese facility. The center in Beijing, though only roughly half the size of a normal facility, is the company's most lucrative operation. The company marketed its services by networking with expatriates rather than using direct-mail or newspaper advertising.
Publication Name: Site Selection
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 1080-7799
Year: 1997
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Managing real estate to leverage change: the Dun & Bradstreet case
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Dun and Bradstreet has initiated an ambitious effort to transform the company and its different business units to make the company more agile and to maintain its lead in the increasingly competitive business environment. By leveraging its real estate infrastructure, the company was able to facilitate change at all levels of its organization.
Publication Name: Site Selection
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 1080-7799
Year: 1995
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A new logistics need
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The logistics capability of China that is determined by a number of events such as the economic growth of China, with resultant increase in local consumer demand and the need to support the expanding local markets is discussed. The significance of Hong Kong as a gateway for sourcing of goods and their movement from China is highlighted.
Publication Name: Site Selection
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 1080-7799
Year: 2004
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