Facilitating Foreign Direct Investment

Between 28th May and 1st June, SGS Principal Andrew McDougall facilitated a course on Winning Investment for Australia, for Austrade, assisting our partners at GDP Global Development (John Hanna and Christina Knutsson).

Andrew individually presented modules on:
• National and regional economic development;
• Techniques for identifying and evaluating priority industry sectors;
• Foreign direct investment and Australia's global context; and
• Evaluating the pros and cons of selected FDI case studies.

 

Read more about Facilitating Foreign Direct Investment in a brief paper drawing on recent research. Issues discussed include What drives external investors? What factors do External Investors Consider?, How significant are incentives?, and The role of government.

 

For further information, contact Andrew McDougall  at   andrew.mcdougall@sgsep.com.au