Global Consulting & Affiliates is pleased to announce a new program aimed at European national and regional economic development agencies.

Over the years, Russ Froneberger, President of Global Consulting & Affiliates, has noticed how little attention is paid to the southeastern U.S. region by European economic developers, especially those national and regional development agencies looking for foreign direct investments (FDI). The North East, Mid West and West Coast regions of the U.S. are so over covered that it is becoming harder and harder to find “real” company prospects in these areas, as more and more European nations, especially those from the new European Union member countries and regions, compete for company prospects and projects.

GC&A, utilizing its affiliates and other trusted resources in its southeastern U.S. network, offers to European national and regional development agencies an opportunity to: (1) find foreign direct investment prospects; (2) locate partners for their SME companies; (3) connect universities; and, (4) identify other initiatives that create mutually beneficial economic development. These trusted resources are located in North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama, the broadly recognized technological and economic heartland of the region.

Many European SMEs want to enter the American markets but do not because they do not believe they have the resources to retain a multinational consulting firm to help them. So, they “start” and “stop” by attending trade shows looking for one buyer at a time, and working through U.S. government agencies that do help, but only up to a point. What is often lacking is the advice and encouragement of an affordable American consultant who can help the company confidently move through a process of finding a trusted American partner who can help them enter and, over time, be successful in the American markets.

Many U.S. small-to-medium-size companies want to enter the European markets but do not because they do not believe they have the resources to retain a multinational consulting firm to help them. So, they “start” and “stop” by attending trade shows looking for one buyer at a time, and working through U.S. government agencies that do help, but only up to a point. What is often lacking is the advice and encouragement of an affordable consultant who can help the company confidently move through a process of finding a trusted European partner who can help them enter and, over time, be successful in the European markets.