Foreign Direct Investment

Foreign Direct Investment FDI Outlook Investments abroad.

International Business

Master International Business


   

Learning Unit:  Foreign Direct Investment FDI. Syllabus:

I- Foreign Direct Investment FDI

- Introduction to the Foreign direct investment (FDI).
- FDI outlook.
- World Trade Organization and FDI. Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs).
- OECD and the Foreign Direct Investment.
- European Union policy on FDI.
- The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency's (MIGA).
- Appendices: Index of economic freedom (Heritage). FDI atlas. FDI and developing countries.

II- UNCTAD and Foreign Direct Investment

- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Foreign Direct Investment.
- FDI index. Inward and outward index. Methodology.
- World investment report.
- Global Investment Prospects Assessment (GIPA).
- Investment compass tool.

III- Investments abroad

- Establishing companies abroad: sales delegations, affiliated companies, branches, joint ventures.
- Optimizing expropriation risks.
- Corporate governance.
- Developing countries.
- Case: Reconstruction of industry in ex-Soviet Republics.

Course learning materials: En
Also available in: Fr Investissement Étranger Direct IED En IED

Communication with tutors (student's questions, exercises ...) in: En Fr Es Pt ar Course

Educational level: Continuing education / Executive education programs.

Objectives:

- To offer a global vision of the Foreign Direct Investment. Understand the role of UNCTAD.

- To learn the different strategies to follow in order to establish a company abroad.

Related Courses: Master Executive International Business - Certificate Program in FDI - Master Asia business - Master in Emerging Markets - Master Africa - Master Muslims countries

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

Investing abroad

Foreign, Direct, Investment, FDI, Outlook, Definition, Investments, abroad, Expropriation, risks, European, Union, Inward, Outward, Index, Sales delegations, Master, International Business

 

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