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Inside fDi: so long, and thanks for all the Air Miles

After 90 issues, 80-something countries, 15 years, countless flights and an impressive number of karaoke sessions of questionable quality, Courtney Fingar is bidding a sad farewell to fDi Magazine.

Inside fDi: how soft factors can influence FDI's hard sell

Countries that can display positive 'soft factors' – such as social peace and tolerance – will stand out to foreign investors. 

Inside fDi: When second place is first class

Capital cities have tended to grab all the attention and attract the lion's share of investment but now smaller Tier 2 cities are coming into their own, as fDi data reveals. Courtney Fingar looks at a logical evolution.

Inside fDi: How manufacturing became smart and sexy

Manufacturing was the unloved cousin of the investment world but Industry 4.0 and the smart factory concept have resurrected the sector.

Inside fDi: A self-inflicted kick in the Brexits

Jacopo Dettoni laments that no one – not even Ozzy Osbourne – seems to know what Brexit really means as the deadline hurtles ever closer.

Inside fDi: SDGs can help FDI get over GDP break-up

With foreign investment and GDP seemingly undergoing a messy divorce, Courtney Fingar is urging the newly single, and struggling, FDI to strike up a relationship with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Inside fDi: So you’re ‘digital first’? Sorry, we need more

Companies and organisations that aren't 'digital first' are risking their futures, writes Courtney Fingar.

Inside fDi: An FDI Brexodus edges towards reality

Brexit is rarely far from the headlines in the UK. Less heard are the voices of foreign investors, and their views on the subject make uncomfortable reading for Brits.

Inside fDi: Trade interference brings FDI/GDP divorce

The mostly harmonious union between FDI and GDP was shattered in 2017, as foreign investment figures fell despite a strong economic performance. As Courtney Fingar discovers, it turns out that GDP was seeing someone else: that harlot trade.

Inside fDi: It's skills that will kill the robot uprising

The robots are coming! Populist politicians the world over are raging against various threats to blue-collar jobs, from globalisation to those darned robots. However, says Courtney Fingar, artificial intelligence will still be reliant on the real thing, and those areas that provide these skills will have the least to fear from our new robo-overlords. 

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