The 2019 Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index: Facing a Growing Paradox

Published by kearney.com

The 2019 FDI Confidence Index, based on an annual survey of 500 global business executives, revealed that a variety of paradoxes arise for global companies in the “age of multi-localism,” or the growing preference for local communities, industries, products, cultures and customs. One of the key findings of the report is that most investors focus on the regional or city level rather than the country level when deciding where to invest.