Asia's slowness on the Net means that many companies and businesses had their names snaffled up before the Net and e-commerce entered the region's collective conscience.
The Grand Rapids-Wyoming region enjoys a 24% net employment outlook, the percentage of employers that expect to add employees (30%) minus the percentage that expect to reduce their workforce (6%).
It's underpinned by strong economic growth potential relative to the developed markets, there's a great deal of individual wealth that is building up in the region in the retail and high-net-worth levels.