Bouncing back? We need to talk about recovery
United won an entertaining Manchester derby by two goals to nothing. Now, a little more than three months later, that date of March 8th...
Is Amazon HQ2 a Game Changer?
So, 238 proposals later, we’re no closer to knowing who will win the race to win Amazon’s (infamous) second US headquarters. While some...
FDI in the Digital Age
This month’s release of the annual UNCTAD Investment Report suggests that reductions in global FDI level, seen after the 2008 economic...
Trade & Investment: Us and Them
It’s difficult to write a blog about trade and investment at the moment without inevitably turning to the same two subjects: Brexit and...
Attracting Investment at Trade Shows
A typical approach in investment attraction for Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) is to attend trade shows, both at home and...
Is Trade the New FDI Promotion?
The focus of Economic Development Organizations’ (EDOs) international efforts in many countries over the last 20 years has often been in...
Targeting M&A for Foreign Direct Investment
Earlier this month, I was on an international consultants’ panel discussion on all things Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). We talked...
Changing Location Factors - a Sign of the Times
Selecting a location for foreign investment has always been about evaluating various factors through comprehensive data analysis. Until...
Separating Politics from Foreign Direct Investment
Perhaps the title to this piece is misleading, as events have shown over the years that attempting to separate FDI from politics is a...
5 Trends in Economic Development in 2015
For the final blog of this year, I have decided to highlight five observations of how the world of international economic development is...
