Edited by Karl P. Sauvant and Geraldine McAllister, with Wolfgang A. Maschek (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). Foreign direct investment from emerging markets is an increasingly important phenomenon; firms from developed countries alone no longer undertake this activity. Foreign Direct Investments from Emerging Markets provides the latest scholarship on this subject from eminent contributors from… read more

Edited by Karl P. Sauvant (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010). The Vale Columbia Center partnered with the U.S. Chinese Services Group of Deloitte LLP to assess the readiness of the United States for foreign direct investment (FDI), and especially M&As, from China. This volume contains the results of the year-long study. It is also of great… read more

(New York: VCC and MCI, 2009). In November 2009, the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment and the Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) released the Handbook for Promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Medium-size, Low-Budget Cities in Emerging Markets. With foreign direct investment (FDI) flows declining worldwide by an estimated 40-50% this year (following a decline… read more

Edited by Karl P. Sauvant and Lisa E Sachs (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009). In recent years, the treaties and strategies promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) have changed dramatically. In particular, countries have liberalized their FDI laws and have entered into bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and double taxation treaties (DTTs) to attract such investment…. read more

Date: November 22, 2010 6:30pm
Location: Room 940, Jerome Greene Hall, Columbia Law School

Date: October 12, 2010 9:00am
Location: Columbia University, Jerome Greene Annex (Law School)

In 2017, CCSI helped the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) to conduct its annual survey on FDI and sustainable development among WAIPA member investment promotion agencies (IPAs). The report, The Role of IPAs in Advancing Sustainable Development, which finds that that IPAs recognize both the crucial role of FDI in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals… read more

International investment by State-controlled entities (SCEs) is on the rise. State-owned enterprises (SOEs), especially from Europe, have long been active players in the world FDI market. They have been joined, in the past few years, by a wide range of SOEs and sovereign wealth funds from emerging markets, including from China, Russia, and Singapore. Parallel… read more

Date: March 19, 2010
Location: Columbia University, New York

Date: March 3, 2010
Location: New York, New York