Thanks for the more detailed info.
Riad Lemhachheche ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote @ 3/29/06 5:47 PM: > Each couple of years, there is a new candidate. > I am not sure they will be a Silicon Valley Europe anytime soon. > Nice/Sophia-Antipolis and Dublin would be the strongest candidates, though. > Barcelona, Zurich, Stockholm, Munich and London/Redding would also be good > candidates. > > Red Herring has a special report on the Silicon Valley and how nobody has > managed to copy the concept yet. > http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=15345&hed=The+Valley:+from+Afar > > While Google R&D Europe is in Zurich, Google Europe HQ is in London and is > apparently having some trouble recruiting. > > Google struggles to find enough British > staff<http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article349229.ece>from > the Independent finds that while Google may be one of the most desired >> places to work in the United States, in the UK, Google is struggling to find >> new engineering talent. The theory as to why Google cannot attract the >> talent they desire in Britain is because the candidates possibly feel they >> may have to move to California in the long run of their Google tenure. > > > http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060306-103243 > > Yahoo Europe HQ was relocated to Ireland last year and they just opened > their R&D labs in Barcelona so I think it is quite unlikely that they will > relocate again in Zurich. > > Does anybody have any pointer on studies related to professional mobility > in Europe, compared to the US? > > > > > > On 3/28/06, Anthony Townsend < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Learned here that Google Europe HQ is here and expanding, and Yahoo is >> considered/has decided (unclear) to relocate Europe HQ from Paris >> >> Some local econ dev propaganda below >> >> ---- >> >> Zurich Named Best European IT and Telecom Infrastructure Location at MIPIM >> in Cannes >> Monday March 27, 1:55 pm ET >> >> ZURICH, Switzerland and CANNES, France, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The city >> of >> Zurich and the Greater Zurich Area have been elected winner and runner-up >> in >> a business location competition organized by fDi magazine (foreign direct >> investment), a unit of the Financial Times Group. The awards were held >> during the world's leading real estate event, MIPIM, in Cannes, France. >> >> The city of Zurich excelled among 89 European business locations and was >> named European location with the best IT and telecommunications >> infrastructure 2006/7. Crucial factors for the decision of fDi magazine >> were >> the availability and speed of broadband internet connectivity and the >> wide-spread use of mobile technology among the population. >> >> Within Switzerland, Zurich had already won the title of "City of the >> Future" >> and surpassed national competitors in 28 categories like business >> potential, >> IT and Telecom infrastructure, human resources, transportation and quality >> of life. >> >> fDi magazine also honored the Greater Zurich Area and its location >> marketing >> agency, Greater Zurich Area AG. The fDi jury in Cannes bestowed upon the >> business region around Zurich the title of "Region of the Future" >> Switzerland and named it runner-up for "Central European Region of the >> Future." >> >> "That we proved as attractive for foreign direct investment as many strong >> >> Eastern European contenders makes us especially proud," said Sonja >> Wollkopf, >> Chief Operations Officer of the Greater Zurich Area AG. "It underlines the >> competitiveness of the Greater Zurich Area as a business, expansion and >> investment location that has attracted companies like Google and Red >> Herring." >> >> About the Greater Zurich Area AG >> >> The Greater Zurich Area AG, a nonprofit organization, is the marketing >> association for the Greater Zurich Area business region. It recruits >> international companies abroad and assists them with setting up companies >> and making investments in the Greater Zurich Area. Its sponsor is the >> "Stiftung Greater Zurich Area Standortmarketing," a public-private >> partnership that was established in November 1998. Since that time, its >> membership has grown to include the cantons of Aargau, Glarus, Graubunden, >> Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn and Zurich, the cities of Zurich and >> Winterthur, and several Swiss companies. http://www.greaterzuricharea.ch >> >> ----- >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Riad Lemhachheche > Mobile Technology Solution Laboratory > Dept of Ind & Mfg Engineering > Oregon State University > Corvallis,OR 97331 > USA > http://www.oregonstate.edu/~lemhachr<http://www.oregonstate.edu/%7Elemhachr> > ------- > 1448 nw 20th place > Corvallis,OR 97330 > +1 541 908 3025 > http://www.iyne.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TELECOM-CITIES Current searchable archives (Feb. 1, 2006 to present) at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Old searchble archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
