Geo-Economics & Market Analysis Expert
Dr. Ronald R. Pollina is President and founder of Chicago-based Pollina Corporate Real Estate, Inc. Since 1981, Pollina Corporate has represented clients nationally and internationally with strategic planning and location analysis. Dr. Pollina`s industry peers and corporate clients recognize him as an expert in corporate location analysis, lease and contract negotiations and geo-economic trends.
Prior to forming the company, Dr. Pollina was real estate economist for one of the nation`s largest real estate firms. During the mid-1970s, he served as geoeconomist in the economic development division of Continental Illinois National Bank.
Dr. Pollina has represented numerous Fortune 500 companies as location consultant, including Xerox, E.I. du Pont, 3Com, Time Inc., Bosch, Caterpillar, State Farm Insurance and Prudential Insurance. He has represented his clients in virtually every state in the United States as well as foreign locations, with many of these transactions being the building or acquiring of corporate headquarters and major manufacturing and distribution facilities.
Dr. Pollina has authored over 80 articles and studies on the subjects of corporate relocation, lease and contract negotiations, corporate office and industrial development, market analysis, and national and state economic development. He is a principal author of The Lease Negotiation Handbook, a publication of the American Bar Association and the International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Real Estate. His credits also include articles in publications such as Forbes, Chief Executive, Site Selection and Industrial Development, The American Industrial Development Council Journal, Economic Development Journal, Real Estate Issues, Land Economics Journal, National Law Journal, and Area Development Magazine. His opinions on real estate have been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Financial Times of London, Business Week, Forbes, National Real Estate Investor, Real Estate Forum, Chicago Tribune, and the New York Times. Dr. Pollina is the author of the nationally recognized Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States study that is published annually and has received press coverage by CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and NPR. Selling Out a Superpower: Where the U.S. Economy Went Wrong and How We Can Turn It Around is Dr. Pollina`s latest book, published by Prometheus Books.
In addition to being interviewed on television and radio, Dr. Pollina, as a lecturer, has made numerous presentations before groups such as the National Council for Urban Economic Development, International Economic Development Council, Building Owners and Managers Association International, International Economic Development Council, National Association of Realtors, the International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Corporate Real Estate, Business Roundtable, and the Pennsylvania and Nebraska state legislatures.
Dr. Pollina has served as chairman of the Board of Directors for the International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Corporate Real Estate (AECRE) and the International Tenant Representative Alliance (ITRA), an international association of tenant representative brokerage firms. He is a member of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, American Real Estate Society, International Economic Development Council, Lambda Alpha (an honorary professional Land Economics Fraternity), and Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC). Dr. Pollina served on the International Development Research Council`s Board of Directors and was granted its highest level of achievement, Master Professional, which is reserved for less than five percent of the association`s membership. While not a member of the American Bar Association, Dr. Pollina was invited to be on their Commercial Office Leasing Committee.
As an educator, he has served on the faculties of the University of Illinois and DePaul University, where he taught courses in Economic Geography, Commercial and Industrial Location, and Market Analysis. In addition, Dr. Pollina has lectured on negotiation methods and styles at the John Marshall Law School`s Center for Real Estate. Dr. Pollina has also conducted seminars for many Fortune 500 companies, including State Farm Insurance, Motorola, Hewlett Packard and IBM.
Dr. Pollina received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois in 1970 and 1974, respectively. His primary areas of specialization were in Geo-Economics, Urban and Regional Planning, Commercial/Industrial Real Estate Location, and Market Analysis.
Demo Video
Talk Titles:
Selling Out A Superpower:
Where The U.S. Economy Went Wrong And How We Can Turn It Around
Can America Regain Its Competitive Edge?
In a groundbreaking and controversial book entitled Selling Out a Superpower: Where the U.S. Economy Went Wrong and How We Can Turn It Around, author Ronald R. Pollina, Ph.D., documents how inept government management of business and the economy by state and federal officials of both political parties -- with the assistance of lobbyists representing special interest groups -- have betrayed the American middle and lower class for the last twenty years by enacting laws and policies that have driven jobs and whole industries offshore never to return.
Dr. Pollina, president and founder of a global corporate real estate company, deals with these issues daily, and he documents how America lost its way in this must-read book and puts everything about our economic meltdown under a microscope: an education system designed for the 1950s that produces a workforce unable to compete for 21st century jobs; tax codes that drive companies offshore; deficit spending on all levels of government that drains our economic power; complacency and lack of economic development on all levels; why free trade doesn`t mean fair trade; how America sold its soul to credit card companies and mortgage lenders for a better lifestyle; and why China and India are, at the moment, better equipped than America to win the Economic War of the 21st Century.
Nonetheless, the author believes that if America has the political courage to finally confront these problems, the U.S. can reassert itself as an economic superpower. This book provides a roadmap to achieve that goal.
Dr. Pollina can customize his presentation to also include an assessment of your state based on the Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States study as discussed below.
Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States
For nearly ten years the annul Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States study has examined and ranked all 50 states. The ranking is based on over 30 factors, including taxes, human resources, right-to-work legislation, energy costs, infrastructure spending, workers compensation laws, state finical health, economic incentive programs and state economic development efforts.
The study is the most comprehensive analysis of each states economic development efforts to create jobs and is often referred to by the press and economic development professional as the nations "Gold Standard" for such research. All factors are limited to those that are controlled by state government. The factors selected for examination by Pollina Corporate are based on over 30 years of experience helping companies select sites internationally. These factors are those that corporate executives place considerable weight on when selecting a location.
Either Dr. Ron Pollina or Brent Pollina, Esq. can customize a presentation to show how your state has ranked over the years and compare your states performance to all other states or states in your region. In addition your states report card based on all factors can be shown providing a grade for each category as well as an overall grade for the last five years. How is your state performing when it comes to generating jobs and the resulting tax revenue that comes from a well employed work force?
Speaking Topics:
Business, Economy, Real Estate, Politics, Founder, Negotiation, Workforce, Author, World Affairs, Law, Finance, Human Resources, Education
