Multinationals are often attracted to lower corporate tax rates, such as those that attracted Google to Ireland. (Photo by Peter Muhly/AFP via Getty Images) While there are several strategic reasons ...

The increasing number and complexity of foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regimes requires careful navigation when planning and executing global M&A transactions, as well as greenfield ...

Discover what direct investment means, explore its types—vertical, horizontal, and conglomerate—along with key examples to better understand foreign business acquisitions.

Foreign direct investments (FDIs), also sometimes called direct foreign investment (DFIs), boost economic growth, provide job opportunities and offer expansion for businesses and governments beyond ...

Over the past decade, the approach to foreign direct investment (FDI) has evolved. Traditionally, governments often focused on attracting large enterprises to set up their businesses within the ...

On 17 October 2024, the European Commission (EC) published its Fourth Annual Report on the screening of foreign direct investments (FDI) into the Union (Fourth Annual Report), which is an annual ...

This paper examines the extent to which FDI has fragmented across countries, the ways it has done so, using a modified gravity approach. The paper finds that FDI fragmentation is, for now, not a ...