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Inc.’s Best Places to do Business in Oklahoma

Inspired by Todd over at the A Penny For … blog, I wandered over to Inc. Magazine’s May online article entitled “Best Places To Do Business”. 

I am proud to be able to announce that Oklahoma does very well in the overall rankings – a testament to the efforts the state and its residents have made over the past 10 years.

Oklahoma cities on the list include:


#3 Tulsa

– Most Balanced Economy and Growth

 
#47 Oklahoma City -

  Best Places — Large

#65  Tulsa

 - Best Places — Medium

#84  Enid

  - Best Places — Small

#114  Oklahoma City

  - Most Balanced Economy and Growth

 
#115 Lawton

 - Best Places — Small

#150  Oklahoma City

  - Fastest, Most Sustained Growth

#150  Oklahoma City

  - Best Places – Overall

#159  Enid

  - Fastest, Most Sustained Growth

#186  Tulsa

  - Best Places – Overall

#214 Enid

  - Best Places – Overall

#230 Enid

  - Most Balanced Economy and Growth

#238 Lawton

  - Most Balanced Economy and Growth

#254  Lawton

  - Fastest, Most Sustained Growth

#258  Tulsa

  - Fastest, Most Sustained Growth

#269  Lawton

  - Best Places – Overall

Why is Oklahoma doing so well? According to Inc, it is part of the “home-shoring” that is occurring:

Thanks to lower housing and labor costs, more favorable regulatory environments,Oklahoma Quartz and, in some cases, lower taxes, these smaller cities are proving ideal places for doing business — especially in a globalized economy in which companies operate under relentless pressure to keep costs low and quality high. In many cases, it is precisely these low costs that allow U.S. companies to successfully compete in industries that often seem all but ready to concede to India and other countries. Rather than sending business overseas, many companies are instead opting to contract with lower-cost domestic suppliers — a new wrinkle in the outsourcing trend known as home-shoring.

“Home-shoring” – sounds like a Rethink(IP) concept.

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Posted by Douglas Sorocco, June 1, 2005 at 8:10 am
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On June 1st, 2005 at 9:04am Bored said…

It’s good to see that my home state of Oklahoma has a good showing in Inc. magazine’s article. Oklahoma’s greatest export in the past has been it’s college graduates…there has historically been few ‘good’ jobs at home, so most grad’s move to Texas (or other states). Maybe in the next 5 to 10 years, graduates from Oklahoma can stay in state and contribute to the growth of the Great State of Oklahoma.