nordic fdi
Our friend Michel Lemagnen, Head of Business Intelligence at Greater Helsinki Promotion has looked at FDI performance in the Nordics in 2011, highlighting growth in cross-border investment through M&As and greenfield investments in the first three quarters, but with the action tailing off in the last quarter of 2011. The forecast for 2012 is one of decline in FDI activity with potential recovery in the last quarter.
It is good to see that Greater Helsinki Promotion includes mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in their review of FDI activity. Many investment promotion agencies don’t pay enough attention to M&A activity, which is an important method of new market entry, particularly for technology businesses.