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48-685: In February 2024, Dr. Yun Won Sok was named the new Commissioner of the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ). Dr. Yun previously served as the Executive Vice President of KOTRA and has held key trade positions in Los Angeles, Vancouver, and Nairobi. As the new head of IFEZ, he will be responsible for developing the Incheon Free Economic Zone and surrounding areas, including Songdo, Cheongna, and Yeongjong International City, as well as attracting foreign investments. Dr. Yun notes, “Over

96-722: A 34.7% market share of FDI into the Asia-Pacific region. By contrast, FDI out of China in 2013 was $ 8.97 billion, 10.7% of the Asia-Pacific share. As a result of the Great Recession , FDI fell by over one-third in 2009 but rebounded in 2010. China implemented the Foreign Investment Law in 2020. FDI in China dropped to a 30-year-low in 2024, which was attributed to anti-espionage crackdowns from China and an rise in sanctions for industries like semiconductors. Foreign investment

144-435: A company. This is in contrast to direct investment , which allows an investor to exercise a certain degree of managerial control over a company. Equity investments where the owner holds less than 10% of a company's shares are classified as portfolio investment. These transactions are also referred to as "portfolio flows" and are recorded in the financial account of a country's balance of payments. Portfolio flows arise through

192-406: A greater proportion of capital will engage in capital-intensive industries. However, such a theory makes the assumption that there is perfect competition , there is no movement of labour across country borders, and the multinational companies assumes risk neutral preferences . In 1967, Weintraub tested this hypothesis by collecting United States data on rate of return and flow of capital. However,

240-423: A much greater challenge. Foreign portfolio investment A foreign portfolio investment is a grouping of assets such as stocks, bonds, and cash equivalents . Portfolio investments are held directly by an investor or managed by financial professionals. In economics , foreign portfolio investment is the entry of funds into a country where foreigners deposit money in a country's bank or make purchases in

288-464: A narrow sense, foreign direct investment refers just to building new facility, and a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. FDI is the sum of equity capital , long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments . FDI usually involves participation in management, joint-venture , transfer of technology and expertise. Stock of FDI

336-668: A report from the Eurasian Development Bank revealed that Kazakhstan boasted the highest FDI stock value from the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) with $ 11.2 billion by 2020 and an increase of over $ 3 billion since 2017. According to the World Bank, Armenia takes the first place in terms of FDI appeal among Commonwealth of Independent States. The Armenian government has created a favorable environment for foreign investments by introducing new laws and conditions. The country

384-403: A shorter time frame for returns than foreign direct investments. Some benefits that come to investors from utilizing foreign portfolio investments include: Portfolio investments typically involve transactions in securities that are highly liquid, i.e. they can be bought and sold very quickly. A portfolio investment is an investment made by an investor who is not involved in the management of

432-451: A topic of in-depth analysis concerns countries such as Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Argentina. As Chevillote Delgado mentions in his study, Latin America is a land of opportunities and at the same time, it is within the expansion spectrum for some investors, as currently, Brazil holds an important position, as its growth over a period of 15 years has been fruitful. Digging deeper, this region of

480-411: Is a way for investors to diversify their portfolio with an international advantage. Foreign portfolio investment shows up in a country's capital account. It is also part of the balance of payments which measures the amount of money flowing in and out of a country over a given time period. Foreign portfolio investment is similar, but differs from foreign direct investment. In foreign portfolio investment

528-817: Is distinguished from foreign portfolio investment, a passive investment in the securities of another country such as public stocks and bonds , by the element of "control". According to the Financial Times , "Standard definitions of control use the internationally agreed 10 percent threshold of voting shares, but this is a grey area as often a smaller block of shares will give control in widely held companies. Moreover, control of technology, management, even crucial inputs can confer de facto control." Before Stephen Hymer 's landmark work on FDI in 1960, no theory existed that dealt specifically with FDI. However, there are theories that dealt generally with foreign investments. Both Eli Heckscher (1919) and Bertil Ohlin (1933) developed

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576-558: Is guaranteed for international investors under the law "On Foreign Investments." Additionally, it guarantees the protection of foreign capital invested in Armenian businesses and permits limitless involvement. Research shows that Cyprus, Germany, Netherlands, UK, and France have made an altogether investment in an amount 1.4 USD billion in the period 2007-2013. This region of the world maintains foreign direct investment with certain peculiarities compared to countries previously shown. Therefore,

624-468: Is important to highlight that thanks to China's investment in Latin America, this region has become the backbone for its amenities as expressed in "Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America". Despite the wealth of Latin America, there are multiple factors that push investors to think twice about their capital within Latin America, as political instability, violence, and sociocultural factors can represent

672-512: Is not limited to investment of excess profits abroad. In fact, foreign direct investment can be financed through loans obtained in the host country, payments in exchange for equity (patents, technology, machinery etc.), and other methods. The main determinants of FDI is side as well as growth prospectus of the economy of the country when FDI is made. Hymer proposed some more determinants of FDI due to criticisms, along with assuming market and imperfections. These are as follows: Hymer's importance in

720-418: Is not necessarily a movement of funds from a home country to a host country, and that it is concentrated on particular industries within many countries. In contrast, if interest rates were the main motive for international investment, FDI would include many industries within fewer countries. Another observation made by Hymer went against what was maintained by the neoclassical theories: foreign direct investment

768-452: Is the net (i.e., outward FDI minus inward FDI) cumulative FDI for any given period. Direct investment excludes investment through purchase of shares (if that purchase results in an investor controlling less than 10% of the shares of the company). FDI, a subset of international factor movements , is characterized by controlling ownership of a business enterprise in one country by an entity based in another country. Foreign direct investment

816-401: Is the foreign direct investment from a source country into a destination country for the purpose of exporting to a third country. The foreign direct investor may acquire voting power of an enterprise in an economy through any of the following methods: Foreign direct investment incentives may take the following forms: Foreign Direct Investment tends to increase with the democracy index of

864-644: The Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013 (H.R. 2052; 113th Congress) , a bill which would direct the United States Department of Commerce to "conduct a review of the global competitiveness of the United States in attracting foreign direct investment". Supporters of the bill argued that increased foreign direct investment would help job creation in the United States. In November 2021,

912-550: The Incheon International Airport . The Cheongna district, on the mainland adjacent Yeongjong Island. Plans call for Cheongna, as part of the IFEZ to become a business area specially designed for international finance, entertainment, tourism, and gaming. Foreign Direct Investment A foreign direct investment ( FDI ) refers to purchase of an asset in another country, such that it gives direct control to

960-533: The reform and opening-up economic policies of paramount leader Deng Xiaoping . Foreign direct investment increased considerably in the 2000s, reaching $ 19.1 billion in the first six months of 2012, making China the largest recipient of foreign direct investment at that point of time and topping the United States which had $ 17.4 billion of FDI. In 2013 the FDI flow into China was $ 24.1 billion, resulting in

1008-460: The EU made an investment into Armenian economy since the year of Armenian Independence. European scale-ups that achieve significant growth are frequently acquired by foreign entities, with over 60% of these acquisitions involving buyers from outside the EU, predominantly from the United States. FDI in China , also known as RFDI (renminbi foreign direct investment), largely began in the late 1970s due to

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1056-574: The US respectively. Iranian companies saw some improvement of FDI investment as of 2015 because of JCPOA. Some investment is much needed in Iranian oil industry. By 2023 due to condition of Iranian economy FDI had decreased by 82%. Broadly speaking, the United States has a fundamentally " open economy " and low barriers to the FDI. U.S. FDI totaled $ 194 billion in 2010. Of FDI in the United States in 2010, 84% came from or through eight countries: Switzerland,

1104-601: The United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Canada. A 2008 study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco indicated that foreigners hold greater shares of their investment portfolios in the United States if their own countries have less developed financial markets, an effect whose magnitude decreases with income per capita. Countries with fewer capital controls and greater trade with

1152-455: The United States also invest more in U.S. equity and bond markets. White House data reported in 2011 found that a total of 5.7 million workers were employed at facilities highly dependent on foreign direct investors. Thus, about 13% of the American manufacturing workforce depended on such investments. The average pay of said jobs was found as around $ 70,000 per worker, over 30% higher than

1200-526: The United States and China have been the top two destinations for FDI. According to a study conducted by EY , France was in 2020 the largest foreign direct investment recipient in Europe, ahead of the UK and Germany. EY attributed this as a "direct result of President Macron 's reforms of labor laws and corporate taxation, which were well received by domestic and international investors alike." Moreover, 24 countries of

1248-511: The average pay across the entire U.S. workforce. President Barack Obama said in 2012, "In a global economy, the United States faces increasing competition for the jobs and industries of the future. Taking steps to ensure that we remain the destination of choice for investors around the world will help us win that competition and bring prosperity to our people." In September 2013, the United States House of Representatives voted to pass

1296-472: The challenges of his predecessors, Hymer focused his theory on filling the gaps regarding international investment. The theory proposed by the author approaches international investment from a different and more firm-specific point of view. As opposed to traditional macroeconomics-based theories of investment, Hymer states that there is a difference between mere capital investment, otherwise known as portfolio investment, and direct investment. The difference between

1344-443: The country for countries where the share of natural resources in total exports is low. For countries with high natural resource export share, the FDI tends to decrease with a higher democracy index. A 2010 meta-analysis of the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms in developing and transition countries suggests that foreign investment robustly increases local productivity growth. From 1992 until at least 2023,

1392-553: The country's stock and bond markets , sometimes for speculation . Most foreign portfolio investments consist of securities and other foreign financial assets that are passively held by the foreign investor. This does not provide the foreign investor with direct ownership of the financial assets and can be relatively liquid depending on the volatility of the market that the investment takes place in. Foreign portfolio investments can be made by individuals, companies, or even governments in international countries. This type of investment

1440-481: The data failed to support this hypothesis. Data from surveys on the motivation of FDI also failed to support this hypothesis. Intrigued by the motivations behind large foreign investments made by corporations from the United States of America, Hymer developed a framework that went beyond the existing theories, explaining why this phenomenon occurred, since he considered that the previously mentioned theories could not explain foreign investment and its motivations. Facing

1488-503: The data, the sectors that attracted higher inflows were services, telecommunication, construction activities and computer software and hardware. Mauritius, Singapore, US and UK were among the leading sources of FDI. Based on UNCTAD data FDI flows were $ 10.4 billion, a drop of 43% from the first half of the last year. In 2015, India emerged as top FDI destination surpassing China and the US. India attracted FDI of $ 31 billion compared to $ 28 billion and $ 27 billion of China and

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1536-412: The destination country to produce similar goods. Vertical FDI takes place when a multinational corporation acquires a company to exploit the natural resources in the destination country (backward vertical FDI) or by acquiring distribution outlets to market its products in the destination country (forward vertical FDI). Conglomerate FDI is the combination between horizontal and vertical FDI. Platform FDI

1584-570: The field of international business and foreign direct investment stems from him being the first to theorize about the existence of multinational enterprises (MNE) and the reasons behind FDI beyond macroeconomic principles, his influence on later scholars and theories in international business, such as the OLI ( ownership, location and internationalization ) theory by John Dunning and Christos Pitelis which focuses more on transaction costs. Moreover, "the efficiency-value creation component of FDI and MNE activity

1632-419: The investment does not impact the definition, as an FDI: the investment may be made either "inorganically" by buying a company in the target country or "organically" by expanding the operations of an existing business in that country. Broadly, foreign direct investment includes mergers and acquisitions , building new facilities, reinvesting profits earned from overseas operations, and intra company loans . In

1680-492: The investor purchases stocks, securities and other financial assets but does not actively manage the investments or the companies that are issuing the assets. So, in FPI the investor does not have direct control over the securities or businesses. This means that FPI tends to be more liquid and less risky than FDI. The relatively high liquidity of FPI's makes them much easier to sell than FDI's. Foreign portfolio investments also tend to have

1728-625: The location is also home to a Global Campus, Pharma Hub, Startup Center, and international organizations such as the Green Climate Fund . Yeongjong International City ’s 34,183 acres (138.33 km) centering on the Incheon International Airport has been developed as an eco-friendly airport city and aerotropolis . It is a functional city with residential amenities for airport staff and visitors, as well as logistics, commercial and distribution facilities. Yeongjong provides an optimal environment for logistic, tourism and leisure in conjunction with

1776-497: The next three years, I will aim to attract foreign and domestic investment in pharma and healthcare, tourism and leisure, and high-tech industries to create a ‘world-class city’. The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) was established with the intent of opening South Korea to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and becoming one of the top economic zones in the world. The time period for the Infrastructure Development stage

1824-407: The perspective of the investor/source country and host/destination country. On an investor perspective, it can be divided into horizontal FDI, vertical FDI, and conglomerate FDI. In the destination country, the FDI can be divided into import-substituting, export-increasing, and government initiated FDI. Horizontal FDI arises when a multination corporation duplicates its home country industry chain into

1872-411: The purchaser over the asset (e.g. purchase of land and building). In other words, it is an investment in the form of a controlling ownership in a business, in real estate or in productive assets such as factories in one country by an entity based in another country. It is thus distinguished from a foreign portfolio investment or foreign indirect investment by a notion of direct control. The origin of

1920-471: The theory of foreign investments by using neoclassical economics and macroeconomic theory. Based on this principle, the differences in the costs of production of goods between two countries cause specialisation of jobs and trade between countries. Reasons for differences in costs of production can be explained by factor proportions theory. For example, countries with a greater proportion of labour will engage in labor-intensive industries while countries that have

1968-422: The transfer of ownership of securities from one country to another. Foreign portfolio investment is positively influenced by high rates of return and reduction of risk through geographic diversification. The returns on foreign portfolio investment can come from interest payments, non-voting dividends, increases in the market value of securities held in the portfolio, the foreign currency becoming stronger relative to

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2016-409: The two, which will become the cornerstone of his whole theoretical framework, is the issue of control, meaning that with direct investment firms are able to obtain a greater level of control than with portfolio investment. Furthermore, Hymer proceeds to criticize the neoclassical theories, stating that the theory of capital movements cannot explain international production. Moreover, he clarifies that FDI

2064-415: The world is not only the investment space for multinational companies in greater number due to its natural resources, but also because of the population settled here, as it is around 630,089,000 inhabitants. However, the availability of raw materials in large quantities may represent a future weakness, as not all are renewable. The mining and oil industries are on the rise, so in terms of growth percentages, it

2112-480: The world. The Songdo district development began in 1994 and was built on reclaimed land . It is a smart city and a hub for international trade, an area for knowledge-based technologies, and a place for living. Today, Songdo is a community of 167,000 residents located within one of three Free Economic Zones (IFEZ) in Incheon, South Korea. The project has been approximately 86% completed. Aside from residential areas,

2160-466: Was from 2003 to 2009, and the time period for the Project Development stage was from 2010 to 2014. The first stage is for building infrastructures, and the second stage is for "expanding the infrastructure for education, health, and leisure, and attracting domestic and international businesses" The final stage is ongoing and to realize the goal of the project of building a top three economic zone in

2208-553: Was further strengthened by two other major scholarly developments in the 1990s: the resource-based (RBV) and evolutionary theories" In addition, some of his predictions later materialized, for example the power of supranational bodies such as IMF or the World Bank that increases inequalities (Dunning & Piletis, 2008). A phenomenon the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10 aims to address. The types of FDI investments can be classified based on

2256-553: Was introduced in 1991 under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), driven by then finance minister Manmohan Singh . India disallowed overseas corporate bodies (OCB) to invest in India . India imposes cap on equity holding by foreign investors in various sectors, current FDI in aviation and insurance sectors is limited to a maximum of 49%. A 2012 UNCTAD survey projected India as the second most important FDI destination (after China) for transnational corporations during 2010–2012. As per

2304-455: Was named 'The Caucasian Tiger' because of its dynamic economy. Some of the measures to attract FDI include free economic zones (FEZ) with relaxed laws, also, profit tax, VAT, and property tax benefits. In particular, The Most Favored Nation (MFN) and National Treatment regimes are in effect, and the government has chosen a "open door" policy with ongoing legal protection to encourage international investment. A highly beneficial business environment

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