The Companies You Keep – The evolution of economic gardening, and what it means for big business.

"The relocation of manufacturing plants offshore and the general decline of economic health in parts of the country have reduced the effectiveness of traditional economic ‘hunting.’ " For these reasons, economic gardening in its purest form has been adopted in smaller, more rural and harder-hit areas of the country.

by CHRISTIANA McFARLAND
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