Joint Social Investment

The Joint Social Investment Programme

An enabling environment encourages entrepreneurship, allows local companies to thrive and attracts foreign investment.

Impact of OFDI on competitiveness of Singapore enterprises

China is providing investment insurance and tax breaks to companies that invest abroad.

The Government's encouragement and support for African companies to invest in Africa was specifically mentioned.

A dynamic single market would create investment opportunities for companies throughout the region.

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Does OFDI increase competitiveness of firms and how could competitiveness from OFDI be measured?

The result is an increase in the cost of capital to firms, which lowers investment and exacerbates the crisis.

Investment has been discouraged by the rejection of corporate culture, social and political tension, and uncertainty about the reforms.

As a result, socio economic investment must be increased in order to boost income generation of the population, especially the most vulnerable groups.

For overseas branches, the net amount due to the local parent companies is taken as an approximation of the magnitude of direct investment.

Table 5. Impact of OFDI on the competitive advantages of SINTNCs

Fourth, increased investment in the country s social safety net includes not only universal health and social insurance, but also expanded housing subsidies.

Finally, it was underlined that good corporate governance and transparency improve investor confidence, reduce the cost of investment and help to develop capital markets by mobilizing both domestic and foreign investment.

OFDI has helped increase the competitiveness of Singaporean companies in several ways (table 5).

Since 1993, substantial OFDI from Singapore has helped increase the competitiveness of Singaporean firms and the Singapore economy.

Microeconomic factors for investment site selection included the corporate tax structure, trade and customs regimes, the labour market situation and financial infrastructure.

Data related to the impact of OFDI on firms' competitiveness are particularly lacking, especially for the SME sector.

The main questions were how to create a win win situation for corporations and host countries, and how to ensure that investment capital was channelled to meeting the essential needs of the people.

He welcomed the proposal for promoting a better understanding of international investment issues and noted the plan to facilitate and enhance positive corporate social contributions.

Data for 1996 2002 refer to total direct investment abroad (D3), which are D2 plus loans granted to affiliates.

A number of strategic lessons could be considered by enterprises that explore internationalization strategies by OFDI.

It was time to demand that priority should be given to more effective social investment efforts in all national development strategies.

The Government had established the Social Investment Fund to meet the needs of the poor and the socially excluded, including children, adolescents and single mothers.

Focusing on the legal dimension of corporate responsibilities in the field of economic development, he said that trends in investment arbitration case law suggested that certain corporate conduct obligations were inherent in the protective principles found in international investment agreements.

A further set of issues related to the impact of CSR practices on FDI and trade, and on national policy responses, including the CSR friendliness of a business location.

Among the effects of various measures taken in the financial and trade sectors, the foreign investment indicator had increased, domestic services had been liberalized and foreign firms had opened local subsidiaries that could benefit fully from the advantages offered by the country's commercial and financial sectors.

Source Company annual reports.

To properly address this issue would not only require appropriate measures to promote FDI but also be a question of corporate responsibility.

Government policy framework supportive of international M A could further help facilitate OFDI as a means to enhance enterprise competitiveness.

Actions to be implemented under this law will be delegated to relevant programmes such as the Honduran Fund for Social Investment, which finances microenterprise projects.

Social investment and human development are possible with ongoing policies and a collective will that ensures the progressive and fair distribution of income and an appropriate use of the budget.

Another related factor in the role of OFDI in enhancing firm competitiveness is reputation and perhaps brand image.

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