You are working for a company that is considering investing in a foreign country. Investing in countries with different traditions is an important element of your company's long-term strategic goals. As such, management has requested a report regarding the attractiveness of alternative countries based on the potential return of FDI. Accordingly, the ranking of the top 25 countries in terms of FDI attractiveness is a crucial ingredient for your report. A colleague mentioned a potentially useful tool called the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index. The FDI Confidence Index is a regular survey of global executives conducted by A. T. Kearney. Find this index, explain what it is, and provide details regarding how the index is constructed. List the top 25 countries on the FDI index list.

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Patience Holden

30 July, 19:58

You are working for a company that is considering investing in a foreign country. Investing in countries with different traditions is an important element of your company's long-term strategic goals. As such, management has requested a report regarding the attractiveness of alternative countries based on the potential return of FDI. Accordingly, the ranking of the top 25 countries in terms of FDI attractiveness is a crucial ingredient for your report. A colleague mentioned a potentially useful tool called the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index. The FDI Confidence Index is a regular survey of global executives conducted by A. T. Kearney. Find this index, explain what it is, and provide details regarding how the index is constructed. List the top 25 countries on the FDI index list.

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Lexie Hawkins · Answer 1

The Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index is a measurement of the level of confidence that top executives such as CEOs and CFOs display when it comes to investing in different countries.

The index is constructed by surveying top executives on their opinion about how economic policy increases or decreases their desire to invest in specific countries.

The top 25 countries on the the FDI list are:

United States Germany Canada United Kingdom France Japan China Italy Australia Singapore Spain Netherlands Switzerland Denmark Sweden India South Korea Belgium New Zealand Ireland Austria Taiwan Finland Norway Mexico

As it can be seen, developed nations dominate the top spots on the list. The only developing countries on the top 25 are China, India, and Mexico.