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...
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...
New Frontiers? US Companies in International Site Selection
While domestic expansion is still the natural starting point, US companies have nevertheless traditionally been the leading global player...
Site Selection – The Atlantic Divide
While the process by no means applies to every company, those that are considering expansion often consider the use of private firms...
From Pole to Pole: Success in FDI
In the past few weeks, I have been on the road almost continuously from one part of the world to another. Through a combination of...
