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posted on Thursday, 8 Oct 2009 by Paul Whiteway Comments Off

One of the principal challenges for an Inward Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) is how to encourage the wider investment promotion network to collaborate together effectively in targeting inward investors. Unless this is done, there is a strong possibility that uncoordinated approaches by different agencies to the same client …

posted on Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 by Paul Whiteway Comments Off

One of the principal challenges for an Inward Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) is how to encourage the wider investment promotion network to collaborate together effectively in targeting inward investors. Unless this is done, there is a strong possibility that uncoordinated approaches by different agencies to the same client …

posted on Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 by Paul Whiteway Comments Off

Targets for Inward Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) need to avoid perverse or contradictory incentives which would lead staff to achieve outcomes which detract from their overall objective of contributing to economic growth.

This is best achieved through having …

posted on Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 by Paul Whiteway Comments Off

Targets for Inward Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) need to avoid perverse or contradictory incentives which would lead staff to achieve outcomes which detract from their overall objective of contributing to economic growth.

This is best achieved through having a mix of targets. Ideally, targets are a compromise between the IPA and …

posted on Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009 by Paul Whiteway Comments Off

Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) are typically public sector organisations, which naturally operate at the boundary between the public and private sectors. For an IPA, the bottom line is how many investment projects they are able to win for their …