Ron Starner,
executive director
of IAMC


Members Tell Us
What Delivers the Most Value

IAMC Executive Director Ron Starner tells us what the survey said and lays out the road ahead.



Why Geography Matters, Part II




Earlier this year, Jacksonville University hosted a talk by Harm de Blij, whose book Why Geography Matters explores the risks inherent in geographical illiteracy. On March 7, just after the final gavel has fallen at the IAMC Professional Forum on Amelia Island, a panel of IAMC members will travel to JU's Davis College of Business on the banks of the St. Johns River to further explore with students the role of place in economies, companies and potential careers.



Get in Focus with BCIR


CSX's Charles McSwain, immediate past chair of IAMC, explains why the Board Certificate in Industrial Real Estate program is custom-made for your continuous education needs.

What does the proposed U.S. budget for fiscal year 2008 mean for the nation's competitiveness and research agenda? More urgently, what does the performance of U.S. students in mathematics indicate for same? Amid these weighty questions, our monthly selection of business intelligence also features items on pending union vote legislation, landscaping costs, the newest country to adopt the euro (hint: they used to use the tolar), freely flowing global capital and how it got that way and the salutary effects of FDI on domestic investment and savings.

From Malaysia to Roanoke, Houston to Spain, news from IAMC member organizations has a lot to do with ports, performance and power.

The Port of Houston christened its new Bayport Container Terminal (left) at the same occasion that saw CMA CGM christen its newest vessel (also left). Nearby, IAMC member firm First Industrial is preparing to christen its 88-acre InterPort Business park.

Driven by the value and the values they see embodied in IAMC, new members continue to join. Check out the latest additions here.




Northeast Florida is not only home to the IAMC Spring 2007 Professional Forum, but also offers one of the best and most affordable business environments in the U.S.