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The Bilbao Effect #6: Liverpool, UK from 2022-02-04T11:02:46
Famous for The Beatles, football and its waterfront, Liverpool is also a notable case study in cultural urban regeneration. It won its bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2008 and has sinc...
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The Bilbao Effect #5: London, UK from 2022-01-21T11:15:40
The Tate Modern needs little introduction. As one of the most recognisable museums in the world, it has helped put London on the map as an international art and cultural centre. But perhaps less of...
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Rising Ecosystems #14: Interos CEO on global supply chain risk from 2022-01-07T11:51:38
Covid-19 has disrupted global supply chains in everything from semiconductors to vaccines. Jennifer Bisceglie, the CEO and founder of supply chain risk company Interos, has spent over two decades h...
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Rising Ecosystems #13: Chennai’s recipe for global SaaS success from 2021-12-17T11:05:39
Software as a service (SaaS) platforms are particularly scalable, making them highly sought after by both venture capital and public market investors. The journey of Freshworks, a provider of SaaS ...
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The Bilbao Effect #4: Reykjavik, Iceland from 2021-12-03T10:48:59
When Harpa Concert Hall opened in 2011, it was met with anger and dismay as the fallout from the banking crisis still roiled Iceland. Now, the honeycombed glass structure, which doubles up as a con...
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The Bilbao Effect #3: Katowice, Poland from 2021-11-19T11:38:40
Katowice offers its visitors something alternative to picturesque Krakow, only 70km away. Once the industrial heartland of communist Poland, the city and surrounding region of Upper Silesia was syn...
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Rising Ecosystems #12: Kavak drives Mexico City’s tech ecosystem forward from 2021-11-09T11:53:39
Mexico City-based Kavak, an online used car marketplace start-up now valued at $8.7bn, is on a mission to improve transparency, safety and access to financing in the used car market across Latin Am...
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Rising Ecosystems #11: Getir delivers Istanbul start-up success from 2021-10-22T11:04:42
Rapid grocery delivery services have raised eye-watering funding and expanded rapidly this year. Istanbul-based Getir, the start-up that pioneered the 10-minute delivery model now valued at $7.5bn,...
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The Bilbao Effect #2: Arles, France from 2021-10-08T10:55:18
This week, we travel up from Bilbao to Arles in Provence, France, where the Luma Arles Tower was unveiled over the summer. Luma Arles itself spans art, design, performance, research and ecology and...
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The Bilbao Effect #1: Bilbao, Spain Guggenheim Bilbao’s director general discusses the city’s world renowned transformation from 2021-09-24T11:01:31
The Bilbao Effect is a term bandied around to describe how a cultural institution can reignite the local economy of a disaffected city or area. In this new podcast series, we want to look closely a...
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Coming soon: The Bilbao Effect from 2021-09-17T15:47:15
Can culture boost economic development? "The Bilbao Effect" is a new podcast series from fDi Intelligence hosted by Seth O'Farrell, looking at the role of culture and cultural institutions in the e...
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Rising Ecosystems #10: Why GetYourGuide moved to Berlin from 2021-09-10T10:25:19
Fast growing companies relocate their headquarters for many reasons, and GetYourGuide is no different. After being founded in Zurich in 2009, the experience booking platform decided to move their m...
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Rising Ecosystems #9: Crypto platform Bitpanda’s rise puts Austria on the map from 2021-08-27T10:41:56
An explosion in the popularity of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has been a boon for trading platforms this year, with Vienna-based Bitpanda among them.
Having ridden a wave of retail inves...
Rising Ecosystems #8: The UK start-up scene, pros and cons from 2021-05-14T10:56:59
Co-hosts Yessi and Alex wrap up season one of the podcast
To conclude their virtual tour of UK tech communities, co-hosts Yessi and Alex give their take on the current state of the UK...
Rising Ecosystems #7: Cardiff from 2021-04-30T14:55:32
fDi speaks to Stephanie Locke and Neil Cocker about the start-up community in Cardiff.
In this seventh episode, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez head to Cardiff in ...
China's road out of trouble from 2021-04-20T15:10:39
Min Ye, associate professor of international relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, Min Ye talks to fDi's Seth O'Farrell about how China’s economic policy was b...
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Rising Ecosystems #6: Belfast (Part II) from 2021-04-02T10:30
In part two of the sixth episode exploring the entrepreneurial landscape of UK cities, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez continue their remote journey to Belfast.
Featuring th...
Rising Ecosystems #6: Belfast (Part I) from 2021-03-26T11:00:36
In part one of the sixth episode exploring the entrepreneurial landscape of UK cities, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez travel remotely to Belfast.
Joining the show are ...
Rising Ecosystems Birmingham #5 from 2021-03-12T11:51:45
In the fifth episode of this bi-weekly series, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez explore the entrepreneurial landscape in the UK’s second largest city Birmingham.
Joining the ...
Rising Ecosystems #5: Birmingham from 2021-03-12T10:51:45
In the fifth episode of this bi-weekly series, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez explore the entrepreneurial landscape in the UK’s second largest city Birmingham.
Joining the ...
Rising Ecosystems #4: Glasgow from 2021-02-26T11:00:52
In the fourth episode of this bi-weekly series, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez continue northward through the UK's emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems, exploring the start-up scene ...
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Rising Ecosystems #3: Leeds from 2021-02-12T10:42:12
In the third episode of this new bi-weekly series, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez continue their exploration of the UK's rising start-up ecosystems, stopping off in West Yorkshire's...
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Rising Ecosystems #2: Cambridge from 2021-01-29T11:02
In the second episode of this new bi-weekly series, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez, begin their journey through the UK's rising start-up ecosystems by stopping off at the world-reno...
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Rising Ecosystems #1: Why Start-up Ecosystems Matter? from 2021-01-15T13:07:09
In the first episode of this new bi-weekly series, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez explore the concept of start-up ecosystems and their importance. Joining as inaugural guests are tw...
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India's transformation into a 'Brand New Nation' from 2020-12-18T20:18:21
Ravinder Kaur, professor of Modern South Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen, explains India's shift from a postcolonial nation to an attractive investment destination. Professor Kau...
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Fortress FDI #5 - UK from 2020-10-01T09:55:31
Marc Israel of White & Case discusses the UK's new 'voluntary' powers on FDI intervention
On June 23rd, UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma announced that "the UK is open for ...
Fortress FDI #4 – Germany from 2020-08-28T08:08:17
Germany is taking a lead in reforming its foreign investment review mechanism to protect sensitive sectors, as well as sensitive technologies like robotics and artificial intelligence that are at t...
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Fortress FDI #3 – Italy from 2020-08-12T09:20:54
Following the new guidance issued by the European Commission in March, Italy upgraded its 'golden power' legislation accordingly. Rome now seems even willing to go as far as asking foreign inv...
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La Zona Franca de Barcelona apuesta por la innovación from 2020-08-03T09:37:48
(Recorded in Spanish)
La zona franca de Barcelona ha hecho de la innovación y de la nueva economía unos de los ejes principales de su plan estratégico. La pandemia del Covid-19 solo ha acelerad...
Fortress FDI #2 – European Union from 2020-07-30T09:09:39
In the second episode of Fortress FDI, our mini-series on rising investment scrutiny and protectionism, Paulette Vander Schueren, a partner with law firm Mayer Brown, and Edouard Gergondet, an asso...
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Fortress FDI #1 – Australia from 2020-07-23T10:17:59
Chris Rosario of Squire Patton Boggs joins from Perth as the country reviews any FDI deal
Covid-19 has made the argument for investment protectionism stronger as governments across th...
Covid-19 to expose governments to wave of claims from 2020-06-22T09:58:10
Robert Volterra, partner with law firm Volterra Fietta, tells podcast host Jacopo Dettoni that those governments that went too far with their lockdown measures may be exposed to arbitration claims ...
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Three FDI sectors Covid-19 will change forever from 2020-05-07T12:59:51
Covid-19 has disrupted global markets. While a majority of sectors hope to be able to go back to a "new normal" in the mid-term, others will have to adjust to longer lasting changes. The fDi t...
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Has Trump become the law of the land - in the UK? from 2020-04-14T12:00:44
The US administration has ramped up its secondary sanctions programmes against those whom it considers rogue states. Today more than ever, non-US companies outside the US jurisdiction are...
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Navigating cannabis investment abroad from 2020-03-16T16:01:19
Jon-Paul Doran, CEO & founder of UK medicinal cannabis company Eco Equity, tells fDi's Sebastian Shehadi about his experience of investing in the cannabis market in Zimbabwe and the Carribbean...
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Trump sets “new gold standard” for investment protection from 2020-01-23T16:19:54
The new Nafta, renamed the United States – Mexico – Canada (USMCA) agreement, limits the scope for international arbitration and prevents general investors, except those active in a few sensitive s...
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FDI in the digital age from 2019-12-17T17:43:02
What does the digital economy mean for businesses' international expansion? Nigel Vaz, CEO of digital transformation consultancy Publicis Sapient, discusses with fDi's Alex Irwin-Hunt how digi...
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How to invest in social progress from 2019-12-13T14:35:10
Michael Green, CEO of the Social Progress Imperative, tells fDi's Sebastian Shehadi how investors can use metrics around the social and environmental health of societies to make smart, ethical...
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Hunting for string in the labyrinth. How can investors safely navigate current sanctions regimes? from 2019-11-26T10:29:55
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has made sanctions a distinctive element of his foreign policy. In fact, sanctions appears to have become his foreign-policy weapon of choice. He u...
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Doing FDI in Afghanistan from 2019-11-06T15:31:58
Plagued by decades of violence and conflict, the country is no ordinary place for doing business. Yet a slowly improving security and political environment is creating space for few pioneer investo...
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Voices from Hong Kong: Is the financial centre doomed? from 2019-10-16T11:25:07
“The Pearl of the Orient” has built a reputation for stability and modernity over the decades, with its iconic financial centre at the heart of it. Now it all hangs in the balance as the mounting p...
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How can non-capital cities compete? from 2019-09-19T16:33:32
Cities are in an evermore global competition to attract foreign investment. How can they improve their strategy to stand out? Podcast host Sebastian Shehadi discusses solutions with Alexis Krachai,...
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The geopolitical context behind eight foreign investment trends from 2019-07-29T15:48:13
Charles Hecker, senior partner at Control Risk - one of the world's leading political risk consultancies - discusses with podcast host Sebastian Shehadi the geopolitical context behind some of the ...
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"The next stage of the Belt and Road initiative comes down to special economic zones" from 2019-07-01T14:16:58
Henry Tillman, founder and editor of ChinaInvestmentResearch.com, a research firm that tracks Chinese outbound investment, discusses with podcast host Jacopo Dettoni the changing nature of the Belt...
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“This is (perhaps) the moment for Indonesia to reach its potential” from 2019-06-12T19:20:39
Ed Ratcliffe, head of research and advisory at London-based think tank Asia House, discusses the FDI outlook in Indonesia with podcast host Jacopo Dettoni as president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo enters a...
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The demand for 'experiences' and sustainability is disrupting tourism from 2019-05-22T11:21:56
The next generation of tourists don't want to feel like tourists when touring. In slightly less cryptic words: travellers are looking more and more for cultural immersion, for more 'authentic, mean...
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MIPIM: Economic developers put on a brave face amid uncertainty from 2019-03-25T15:29:42
Another edition of the annual MIPIM international real estate forum has taken place and the fDi editorial team was there in force. Jacopo Dettoni, Courtney Fingar and Sebastian Shehadi discuss how ...
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Trump’s trade war shaping new investment promotion strategies from 2018-09-24T05:19:27
Dozens of investment promotion agencies (IPAs) from all over the globe gathered at the Waipa investment conference in Xiamen, on the Chinese eastern coast, at the beginning of September. Adrienne K...
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EU-Japan trade deal to create world's largest open economic area from 2018-07-26T15:09:53
The treaty, signed on July 6, drops tariffs and soft barriers across an area of 600mn people worth a third of the global economy. It also reiterates the role of both parties as champions of global ...
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Will democracy be part of Thailand 4.0? from 2018-07-02T09:48:30
The prime minister of Thailand, General Prayut Chan-ocha, has just wrapped up his first official visits to the UK and France since seizing power in a 2014 coup. He met with prime minister Theresa M...
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The spring of development finance from 2018-05-22T10:36:44
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) held their annual meeting in May. Adrienne Klasa, fDi Magazine’s development finance editor, and Jac...
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Chronicles from MIPIM 2018 from 2018-04-10T10:16:21
Chronicles from MIPIM 2018
Podcast host Jacopo Dettoni discusses with editor-in-chief Courtney Fingar and global markets editor Sebastian Shehadi about this year's edition of th...
US tax reform to unleash butterfly effect on global FDI from 2018-02-22T12:12:26
Hailed by Republicans as one of the most important pieces of legislation in recent history, the tax reform approved by the Congress of the United States in December is now expected t...
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Crypto FDI: The blockchain and foreign investment from 2018-01-30T17:15:40
Cryptocurrencies have captivated public attention in the past months, shrugging off a reputation for being just a way to carry out illegal activities in the dark web. But it’s now the technolo...
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Odebrecht scandal – Is it only the tip of the iceberg for Latin America? from 2017-12-18T15:32:18
The Odebrecht corruption scandal is not abating. In fact, it is growing day by the day throughout Latin America.
Brazilian construction company Odebrecht has emerged as the ringmaster of ...
Why investment promotion matters from 2017-11-21T16:18:03
Foreign investors have sought compensation for billions of dollars under the protection provisions granted by bilateral investment treaties (BITs) in recent years. If developing countries used to b...
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BITs, the (obscure) force at the heart of the global investment regime from 2017-09-28T09:20:08
Foreign investors have sought compensation for billions of dollars under the protection provisions granted by bilateral investment treaties (BITs) in recent years. If developing countries used to b...
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The Brexit toll on FDI: The evidence so far from 2017-08-21T05:00
Foreign investment has dropped sharply since the June 2016's referendum as investors are holding off investments waiting for more clarity on the future of the country outside the EU. LSE’s lecturer...
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Is corporate America sold on Trump's economics? from 2017-07-24T09:50
Following the SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington in mid-June, fDi's Courtney Fingar tells podcast host Jacopo Dettoni how US domestic firms as well as foreign investors are reacting to the T...
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