René Buck completed his study in Economic Geography and Planning (cum laude) at the Radboud University of Nijmegen in 1985. After his study he started the research and consultancy firm Buck Consultants International. Through more than 30 years of experience, René knows the backgrounds and concerns of many stakeholders and he speaks their 'language': from international to regional companies; from universities and to specialized research institutes; from broad interest groups to sectoral sector organizations; from (real estate) project developers to investors/investors; and, from municipalities and provinces to ministries and the European Commission.
René is a leading consultant in the areas where BCI Global is active and he is a prominent speaker at conferences throughout the world. He is seen by international news media as a leading expert.
The US economy is ‘hot’. Fueled by the Covid-19 recovery with a forecasted economic growth of more than 5 per cent this year and the su ...
For most companies clearly the time has come to take a longer-term perspective again and prepare the company for potential new disruptions in the f ...
In the last five years, the number of operational rail services on the New Silk Rail Route between China and Europe has grown to about 150 rail shu ...
Attractive incentives and tax deductions have always the interest of companies considering to set up new operations wherever in the world as financ ...
Covid-19 made the dependency on manufacturing and sourcing in China visible, leading to vulnerable, interrupted supply chains. Combined with increa ...
Decentralization of production, also known as re-shoring from China/Asia back to North America or Europe, is at the top of the agenda in many corpo ...
For more than 10 years now software developers have been amongst the top-3 hardest to fill jobs all over the world. Selecting the right location in ...
For almost two decades, China has been known as the “World’s Factory” largely because of its abundant low-cost labor. Today, Chin ...
Trade disputes between US, China and Europe are very probably not over soon. BCI has identified and developed 12 strategies how companies can cope ...
Supply chain strategies determine the number, size, activities and location profile of distribution centres as 80 per cent of the value chain&rsquo ...
Greening end-to-end supply chains is possible without jeopardizing competitive cost levels and customer service requirements
...Over 60 percent of European and US manufacturing companies expect to onshore or re-shore part of their Asia production in the next three years. In ...
The European logistics market has grown last year with a record number of 10% and a further growth of the take-up to nearly 34 mln sqm is expected ...
SHINE Medical Technologies LLC has announced that it has selected the municipality of Veendam in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands, as the ...
European logistics real estate markets have not suffered last year from the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to fast growing e-commerce and higher inventory ...
The new Silk Rail Routes between China and Europe have shown a fast growth with an increase of 50% in volume and 100% in value in the last five yea ...
BCI Global has made it for the second year in a row to the Forbes 2020 list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms. The prestigious bu ...
BCI Global’s new US States Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, shows a ranking for Industrial Manufacturing Competitiveness based on compreh ...
The European logistics real estate markets suffer from the impacts of Covid-19. In 9 important logistics real estate markets the take up in 2020 wi ...
Business Worldwide states the following in a press release. The founder and CEO of BCI Global has been named “Best CEO in the Managemen ...
New analysis of Buck Consultants International on The Future of Logistics Real Estate in Europe released at the Expo Real Conference and Exhib ...
US based SupplyChainBrain is the world’s most comprehensive supply chain management information resource. Bob Bowman, Editor in Chief of Supp ...
Nijmegen, the Netherlands headquartered consulting firm BCI Global has made it to Forbes’ 2019 list of America’s Best Management Consul ...
Results from a Buck Consultants International analysis of the future attractiveness of the United Kingdom in the case that next week’s discus ...
In order to win the R&D rat race companies adopt three supplementary strategies: higher R&D expenditures, open innovation (intensive co-ope ...
Big, bigger, biggest. It looks like a rat race but economies of scale urge shippers and logistics service providers to establish mega distribution ...