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We’re not saying that our workers are more productive than other workers. Well…yes we are.

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If you do business in New York State, you’re smarter than you may know. If you don’t do business here, maybe you should think about moving.

So much for our opinion. Let’s talk numbers.

Okay, let’s say you’re a manufacturer. You have employees and you have a payroll. Every dollar you spend on that payroll is an investment. Naturally, you want to get back as much as possible.

There’s one sure way of maximizing your return: Hire New Yorkers.

In New York State, every wage dollar you spend on production yields and average return of $5.89. That’s a full 19% above the national average.

Executives consistently say the most important element in doing business is the quality of the workforce. They find that quality in New York, especially in technologically advanced fields. In fact, more than half a million New Yorkers are employed in high tech right now.

This sophistication is especially attractive to companies abroad. Siemens, Agfa, Toshiba, AKSO, Minolta, Unilever, Nestle, BASF, Alcor, Philips, Shiseido, and hundreds of companies like them from all over the world, find in New York a top-quality workforce and the infrastructure necessary to develop products for world markets.

And businesses will continue to find this quality commercial community well into the 21st Century.

Our training base is unsurpassed. There are over 300 institutions of higher education here (the most in the U.S.), spending more than $3 billion a year on research—research businesses can access.

The State recognizes the important link between academia and private enterprise and is making this synergy even stronger with its 13 Centers for Advanced Technology (CATs). Each of these major research centers has one specific goal: to improve productivity by developing new technologies that can be transferred to the private sector, to companies like yours.

To find out more about the CATs, or any of our business development programs, call 1-588-633-5000. Or write the Business Alliance for a New New York, Once Commerce Plaza, Albany, New York 12243.

World-class research. Visionary industries. Access to the richest markets in the world. An exceptionally productive labor force.

New York is a great place for business and we’re not saying this simply because we’re proud of our state… well…

New York. A State of Minds. IQNY