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Welcome to fDi Intelligence

Foreign direct investment has become the major economic driver of globalisation, accounting for over half of all crossborder investments. Nearly $1 trillion in greenfield investment was announced by companies in 2007, creating almost 3 million jobs in their overseas subsidiaries.

Companies are rapidly globalising through FDI to serve new markets and customers, map out their value chains in the most efficient locations globally, and to access technological and natural resources.

fDi Intelligence is a specialist Division from the Financial Times Ltd established to provide industry leading insight into globalisation with a portfolio of worldclass products, services and business tools that allow both companies and economic development organisations alike to make informed decisions regarding foreign direct investment.

Cover Story: Out of Order

Luke Peterson examines the crisis in the international investment arbitration system. more...

Corporate Strategy: Orange Blossoms

Olaf Swantee, head of Orange mobile, talks to Lara Williams about the company’s global plan for local markets. more...

fDi Markets, formerly OCO Monitor, is the authoritative crossborder inward investment database and investor tracking tool and is the exclusive source of FDI project data for the UNCTAD World Investment Report and the Economist Intelligence Unit. fDi Markets has tracked over $5 trillion greenfield investment since 2003 and is invaluable for market analysis, site selection and investor targeting.

fDi Benchmark, formerly OCO Assess, is the only online corporate location benchmarking tool with a robust, comparable and independent assessment of optimum project locations. It covers all main cost and quality benchmarking indicators for over 300 countries, cities and sectors. fDi Benchmark has become the essential tool for corporate location assessment and for benchmarking locations globally.

fDi Reports are provided by a specialist research team within fDi Intelligence with access to the global resources of the Financial Times Ltd. Our in-house experts produce bespoke reports for clients on country trends, industry analysis, location competitiveness and company profiling. fDi Reports is a key source of business intelligence for all organisations developing FDI strategies.

Welcome to fDi Intelligence

Cover Story: Out of Order

Corporate Strategy: Orange Blossoms

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