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 …
Blog of Christina Knutsson
Christina Knutsson, is a director of GDP Global since 2005. She has 16 years' direct experience in economic promotion, working with and on behalf of European, African and Latin Americ...Read More ».
Christina Knutsson, is a director of GDP Global since 2005. She has 16 years' direct experience in economic promotion, working with and on behalf of European, African and Latin Americ...Read More ».
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, …
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 …
Agencies worry about their reputation … well it’s maybe not so surprising if the agency
(a) works without a strategy.
(b) seems to travel the world going places, in business class, fancy hotels, per diems, conferences and exhibitions of some or little value …
Some countries have massive Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), state-owned investment vehicles. Nowadays they are considered as a massive source for financing of FDI. The six largest SWFs represent approximately 75% of the $3 trillion SWF market. SWFs …
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