CNBC ranks North Carolina as most improved among the top five states for doing business, according to a report the financial TV network released Tuesday.
The ranking elevated the state to fourth from ninth in the annual America’s Top States for Business survey.
“This shows that the hard work of the past year has paid off — our investments in education to build the work force of tomorrow, policies that create a more business-friendly climate and our aggressive recruiting,” Gov. Bev Perdue says in a statement. “When I took office, I pledged to take any meeting and make any call to bring jobs to this state. There’s nothing I love more than convincing a corporate executive of what a great place this is to live and work.”
The ranking is the highest North Carolina has achieved in the four years of the survey. In 2008 and 2007, North Carolina ranked sixth and fifth, respectively.
CNBC scored states on more than 40 measures of competitiveness based on the cost of doing business, work force, quality of life, economy, transportation and infrastructure, technology and innovation, education, business friendliness, access to capital and cost of living.
The network will release its full report Tuesday at http://www.cnbc.com.
The Tar Heel state was named as the state with the top business climate by Site Selection magazine eight of the last nine years, and was ranked second-best state for business by CEO Magazine.
Source: Charlotte Business Journal
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