FDI

European companies have increased their overseas investments in the last 20 years, venturing further afield, outside EU borders with the EU27 stock of outward foreign     direct investment (FDI) into non-EU countries reaching €3.3 trillion by 2008. EU investors accounted for 36% of global outflows in 2011 totaling USD…

During the mid 1990s, Eindhoven found itself at a crossroads. The two main industries behind the city’s prosperity suddenly diverged. The truck giant DAF imploded and leading electronics manufacturer Philips threw itself headlong into the global economy. What started as a small light bulb factory staffed by local workers was…

One of the top performing economies in the European Union in the past years, the small but ambitious island of Malta offers a business-friendly environment conducive to doing business that is enabling the country to think big in terms of trade and investment opportunities. Inspired by the vision of becoming…

Lebanon’s strategic geographical location has been recognised for centuries as a contact point between the east and west and as the gateway to the Middle Eastern market. Home to 1.2 million high-skilled labour force with access to a regional market of 106 million consumers; Lebanon offers plenty of advantages for…

There is a central tenet to the school of thought on the traditional approach to green business initiatives; namely, that creating wealth and jobs and saving the environment are mutually exclusive pursuits. Sweden has proved that there is in fact another way – and skimming over the statistics, there’s plenty…