Pankaj Ghemawat, a professor of global strategy at IESE Business School, argues that globalization is a hyped idea considering the data: Foreign direct investment represents only 10% of the world’s total investment…

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Ron Shah
Ron Shah Pankaj - could this data be misleading? While many investors may not invest internationally through FDI... they may be investing locally with the purpose of international expansion? Worth considering
  • 2013-02-07 10:49:29
John Hull
John Hull I just purchased your book Pankaj (World 3.0), but have yet to read it, however, continuing on the same subject, you might be interested to note our new launch of BizHarmony as the 1st M&A Search Firm on the planet, focused on three areas. 1) transition struggling companies owned by retiring baby boomer business owners from the old 'Industrial Age' Business Model, to the new 'Aggregation Age' Model. 2) Global expansion as shown here http://www.bizharmony.com/global-expansion.aspx .3) Electronically matching the new / improved entity with Investors and / or Buyers. I look forward to new fresh ideas in your book.
  • 2013-02-05 16:14:28
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John Hull
John Hull I just purchased your book Pankaj (World 3.0), but have yet to read it, however, continuing on the same subject, you might be interested to note our new launch of BizHarmony as the 1st M&A Search Firm on the planet, focused on three areas. 1) transition struggling companies owned by retiring baby boomer business owners from the old 'Industrial Age' Business Model, to the new 'Aggregation Age' Model. 2) Global expansion as shown here http://www.bizharmony.com/global-expansion.aspx .3) Electronically matching the new / improved entity with Investors and / or Buyers. I look forward to new fresh ideas in your book.
  • 2013-02-05 16:14:28
Ron Shah
Ron Shah Pankaj - could this data be misleading? While many investors may not invest internationally through FDI... they may be investing locally with the purpose of international expansion? Worth considering
  • 2013-02-07 10:49:29