Then speak with the leads generator! For me this is what the IPA job is all about – generating new investment leads. During my time at Invest in Sweden my colleagues and I used the full range of lead generating tools. First, I focused on the move from reactive to proactive …
Blog of Christina Knutsson
Christina Knutsson, a Director of GDP Global, is an expert consultant specialising in all areas of foreign direct investment promotion. Her skills cover strategy design, institutional...Read More ».
Christina Knutsson, a Director of GDP Global, is an expert consultant specialising in all areas of foreign direct investment promotion. Her skills cover strategy design, institutional...Read More ».
Occasionally we lucky people at GDP Global get the opportunity to work with IPAs from the least developed countries LDCs. Recently as part of a workshop in Phnom Penh for the IPAs of Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam we …
En ocasiones, el afortunado equipo de GDP Global tiene la oportunidad de trabajar con las IPA de los países menos desarrollados (LDC, por sus siglas en inglés). Recientemente, y como parte de un taller exclusivo realizado en Phnom Penh …
Underweight, overweight, right weight?
In all walks of life we are preoccupied with fat… Having read my colleagues’ blogs made me decide some light heartedness on the subject of KPIs. And how it relates to your IPA.
To follow my analogy …
Does an IPA have anything in common with a soccer club?
Well, let’s be honest – not much…. But, frankly, aren’t there some similarities?
They both share similarities such as a having a marketable brand, a vision, a team, …
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GDP is now helping several countries and regions to deal with the fallout of the global credit crunch. The international financial crisis, the credit tsunami is causing countries like …
After having made numerous business trips to Asia, Latin America and Africa during the course of the year, and worked in close relation with a multitude of economic development agencies, from my humble and somewhat simplistic perspective, I would like to …
Unfortunately too many agencies don’t have the authority or leadership to be able to influence their investment environment to any important extent. Whether they report to a line ministry or directly to the heart of their government, their efforts will be less or more successful.
Despite some agencies actually having a …
So is FDI dead? Well much less alive than last year. The FDI picture is not quite as bad as we might expect, according to FDI expert Professor Karl P. Sauvant . Read Karl’s article about FDI perspectives, and strategise accordingly….
Investment strategy, diversification strategy, combination strategy, sales strategy, marketing strategy, positioning strategy, market segmentation strategy, niche marketing strategy, product development strategy, integrated marketing strategy, targeting strategy, corporate strategy, organizational strategy, market driven strategy, development strategy, test market… oops I’m getting carried away!
Is it difficult to devise, adapt and …