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Learning unit: Foreign direct investment FDI. Syllabus:

1- Foreign direct investment FDI

- Introduction to the Foreign direct investment.
- 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 and developing countries.

2- Conference on Trade and Development (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.

3- 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.

4- Case study

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Master in International Business - Course: Internationalization and FDI - Diploma in global marketing

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Course summary (Foreign direct investment FDI)

Objectives:

  • To offer a global vision of the Foreign direct investment.
  • To understand the role of UNCTAD.
  • To learn the different strategies to follow in order to establish a company abroad.
  • To analyze FDI flows in emerging markets

Foreign direct investment (FDI) exposes the goal of obtaining a long-term interest by a company in a foreign company of other country. The Foreign Direct Investor has participation in the management of the business.

Foreign Direct investment (FDI) refers to the initial transaction for the mergers and acquisitions and share capital increases.

The OECD (Economic cooperation and Development) recommends that a foreign direct investment company be defined as "an incorporated (or unincorporated) company in which a foreign direct investor owns 10% or more of the shares (or voting power).

Example of the course Foreign direct investment FDI:
Foreign direct investment FDI

OECD (Economic cooperation and Development) analyses global statistics on Foreign Direct investment. The OECD (Economic cooperation and Development) Guidelines for Multinational companies are suggestions addressed by governments to multinational companies.

The Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures ("TRIMs Agreement"), one of the Multilateral agreements on  trade in products, forbids international trade related FDI measures (local content requisites).

The mission of the  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) (World Bank Group) is to promote Foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing countries to help support economic growth, reduce poverty and improve lives of people.

Investing abroad FDI

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mexico:
FDI Nuevo Leon Monterrey

Brazil Trade FDI


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