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SLIDE 1:  1998 ORANGE COUNTYEXECUTIVE SURVEY

SLIDE 2: David H. Blake, Dean, GSM, UCI.

SLIDE 3: Sponsors

SLIDE 4: Philip Nowlen, Assistant Executive Vice Chancellor

SLIDE 5: Advisory Board

SLIDE 6: About the Survey

SLIDE 7: Program

SLIDE 8: Cover Business in Orange County

SLIDE 9: Business in Orange County

SLIDE 10:Financial Performance

SLIDE 11:Financial Performance by Sector

SLIDE 12:Financial Performance - High Tech

SLIDE 13:Financial Performance - Forecast

SLIDE 14:Financial Forecast by Sector

SLIDE 15:Financial Forecast - High Tech

SLIDE 16: Sales Forecast

SLIDE 17:Operating Costs Forecast

SLIDE 18:Expansion and Downsizing

SLIDE 19: Expansion/Downsizing - 5 Year Plans

SLIDE 20: Outsourcing

SLIDE 21: Employment Forecast

SLIDE 22: Employment Forecast by Sector

SLIDE 23: Employment Forecast - High Tech

SLIDE 24: Relocation - 5 Year Plans

SLIDE 25: O.C. Attractiveness

SLIDE 26: Barriers to Doing Business

SLIDE 27: Satisfaction with Government

SLIDE 28: Top Issues Facing OC

SLIDE 29: Summary

SLIDE 30: Cover: International Business in Orange County

SLIDE 31: International Business in Orange County

SLIDE 32: International Business Profile

SLIDE 33: International Firms Profile

SLIDE 34: High Tech Profile

SLIDE 35:International Firms by Sector

SLIDE 36: O.C. Firms in International Regions

SLIDE 37: Revenues by Region

SLIDE 38: Sales Forecast by Region, 2003

SLIDE 39: W. Europe Forecast by Sector, 2003

SLIDE 40: Mexican Forecast Sector, 2003

SLIDE 41: Impact of Asian Financial Crisis

SLIDE 42: Far East/Asia Forecast by Sector, 2003

SLIDE 43: Impacts Depend on What Firms Do

SLIDE 44: Summary

SLIDE 45: Michael T. Cristy, Heidrich & Struggles

SLIDE 46: Featured Speaker

SLIDE 47: COVER: Business & the Internet

SLIDE 48: O.C. Business and the Internet

SLIDE 49: Use of the Internet

SLIDE 50: Advantages of the Internet

SLIDE 51: Summary