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For this survey, MarketWatch.com scored the nation's 101 biggest metro areas (those with a population of more than 500,000) on 10 metrics each. Five metrics measured the number of companies per capita in a metro area for a company concentration score. The remaining five metrics looked at the employment picture, growth and GDP for an economic stability score. The two scores were added together for a final tally. Nashville came in 15th.
- MarketWatch.com, December 2009
International Business
Diverse industrial and farm products, coupled with the unparalleled entrepreneurial drive of Tennessee's international business community, keep Middle Tennessee on the leading edge of international business. From health care to industrial machinery, from automotive parts to music and entertainment, from whiskey to bibles, the region's rich commercial and agricultural offerings are in demand throughout the world.
The Nashville Area Chamber's overriding goal in international business is to generate job growth and economic development in Middle Tennessee by encouraging area companies to do business overseas. The Chamber's International Business Council is a network of international business leaders focused on expanding Middle Tennessee's global footprint through:
- Recruiting foreign direct investments;
- Becoming the information source for international business; and
- Connecting global companies with critical resources.
The Nashville Health Care Council and the Nashville Area Chamber have conducted seven Health Care Trade Missions: to Germany and the U.K. (1999), France and Spain (2000), Belgium and Italy (2002), the U.K. and the Netherlands (2003), Hungary and the Czech Republic (2004), Poland and Austria (2006) and Sweden and Germany (2008). An eighth Health Care Trade Mission to Santiago, Chile, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, is planned for November 2010.
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