ICA’s FDI blog addresses topical issues, views and perspectives on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), location selection, offshoring, outsourcing and supply chain optimization. The blogs are written by ICA’s experts in the field of FDI and you can post your comments.
ust recently, I had the pleasure to shake hands with Mr. Wim Elfrink, Cisco’s Chief Globalization Officer. He highlighted some major (FDI) globalization trends, and I like to share with you the 10 most striking ones that are open for discussion: This will be the......
10 April, 2016No commentOver the last couple of years we have had the pleasure to run a number of workshops for the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) on investment aftercare around the world. FDI by existing investors is often neglected as an important source of FDI......
10 April, 2016No commentChina’s Western Development Policy is aimed to unlock the economic potential of China’s Western and more remote regions. New highways, bridges, tunnels, (high-speed) rail connections and ports are proof of massive infrastructural investments by the central government. In addition, new schools, hospitals and affordable housing......
10 April, 2016No commentThe Netherlands equals open economy. Its geographic location serves as an attractive hub for multinational companies moving products in and out of Europe. As a result, in 2008 the Netherlands was rated by the WTO as the fifth biggest exporter in the world only being......
10 April, 2016No commentA few days ago I read that Hankook Tires from South Korea will invest $1.2 bln in the Indonesian tire industry. In addition, Indonesia’s investment agency expects up to $10 billion of investment from South Korea in the next four years. Quite a welcoming investment......
10 April, 2016No commentOpening up a closed economy to the world is a process that needs close attention by the national government. Not only to orchestrate the economic development of their country best, but also to provide transparency and a clear direction to foreign investors.The pace of opening......
10 April, 2016No commentIn 2005 Goldman Sachs posed the question: “Which countries will be the next BRIC’s?” Their Global Economics Paper No. 153, identified 11 countries that could rival the G7 over time, even if they lack the scale to become the next BRICs. The countries they identified included Bangladesh, Egypt,......
10 April, 2016No commentOne month ago, I started a discussion “Which indicators can be used to forecast wages in emerging markets over the next 5-10 years” on our “FDIexecutive” LinkedIn group as well as the LinkedIn Group from the “Economist Intelligence Unit”. This issue came to the surface as ICA......
10 April, 2016No commentIn a series of blog posts discussing the competitiveness of the U.S. for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), we are continuing the conversation with this topic: the market voices. The U.S. suffered hard during the latest economic downturn. Even today a lot of uncertainty concerning the economic......
10 April, 2016No commentIn our series regarding the US competitiveness for FDI, we began examining the different drivers behind corporate FDI decisions, followed by a closer look of different views and opinions by various subject matter experts addressing these FDI drivers. Now we continue our assessment with a......
10 April, 2016No comment