Course Summary
UNCTAD and Foreign Direct Investment. Expropriation risks. European Union. Inward and Outward Index. Sales delegations, ...
Foreign direct investment reflects the objective of obtaining a
lasting interest by a resident entity in one economy ("direct investor") in an
entity resident in an economy other than that of the investor ("direct investment enterprise").
The lasting interest implies the existence of a long-term relationship
between the direct investor and the enterprise and a significant degree of
influence on the management of the enterprise.
Direct investment involves both the initial transaction between the two entities
and all subsequent capital transactions between them and among affiliated
enterprises, both incorporated and unincorporated.
OECD recommends that a direct investment enterprise be defined as an
incorporated or unincorporated enterprise in which a foreign investor owns 10
per cent or more of the ordinary shares or voting power of an incorporated
enterprise or the equivalent of an unincorporated enterprise.
UNCTAD analyses trends in foreign direct investment and their impact on
development. The Inward FDI Performance Index ranks countries by the FDI
they receive relative to their economic size. It is the ratio of a country´s
share in global FDI inflows to its share in global GDP.
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency's (MIGA). As a member
of the World Bank Group, MIGA's mission is to promote foreign direct
investment (FDI) into developing countries to help support economic growth,
reduce poverty, and improve people's lives.
Various legal ways exist for their establishment, all of which are destined
to assure a solid presence with a rigorous tax control and protection of the
parent company. We will analyze the three most frequent cases for establishment
from a commercial perspective:
- Branch of a foreign company
- Subsidiary
- Joint ventures
An analysis of the risk factors that influence those companies with
multinational operations in order to protect them against possible compulsory
purchase or by government take over.
The company should to develop a rigorous analysis of the risk factors
that influence those companies with multinational operations in order to protect
them against possible compulsory purchase or by government take over.
Course sample:
Foreign, Direct, Investment, FDI, Outlook, Definition, Investments, abroad, Expropriation, risks, European, Union, Inward, Outward, Index, Sales delegations, Master, International Business
