Sources of market intelligence
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This document discusses several sources of market intelligence and databases for targeting companies for foreign direct investment. It summarizes the strengths and weaknesses of databases including fDi Markets, Corporate Affiliations, Business Monitor International, Kompass, EIU World Investment Service, Datamonitor, Dun & Bradstreet, and Investment Map. These databases provide information on companies, industries, countries, foreign investment projects and trends, but vary in terms of coverage, focus, data quality and level of detail.
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Sources of market intelligence
- 1. Targeting companies Sources of market intelligence
- 2. Selecting companies • Commercial databases • Business newspapers • Chamber of commerce directories • Lists of fairs / exhibitions participants • Up/downstream industry companies • Networking
- 3. fDi Markets (formerly OCO Monitor™) http://www.fdiintelligence.com/ • 36,000+ greenfield FDI projects - over 170 countries (2002-) • Details included: • • • • • • • Investor details Capital investment Job creation Sectors, products and technologies Motives and incentives Strengths: • Global, regional, national or sub-national perspective • Project specific details Weaknesses: • No M&A, equity or privatizations • Incomplete picture that does not fully reflect reality
- 4. fDi Markets (formerly OCO Monitor™) http://www.fdiintelligence.com/
- 5. Corporate Affiliations™ http://www.corporateaffiliations.com/ Covers 180K parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and divisions worldwide (includes 52K U.S. private parent companies with 26K subsidiaries) • Strengths: • • Comprehensive coverage of company linkages and relations (subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions…) • Coverage of U.S. private companies • Weaknesses: • Strictly a company database • International coverage is limited
- 7. Business Monitor International http://www.businessmonitor.com/ Covers 14 sectors across more than 100 countries Includes analysis, data and forecast on financial, economic and political developments Focus on country risk, industry trend and analysis and corporate intelligence (150K executives and 60K MNCs) Strengths: Solid sector analysis and forecast were available Company database provides a map of MNCs and competitors Weaknesses: Coverage gaps Not exclusively focused on FDI
- 9. Kompass http://www.kompass.com Comprehensive data on more than 1.8 million companies worldwide Information is ready for mailing lists, labels and electronic data files Strengths: Very dynamic because of franchise model involving local players Basic approach focused on quick action Indexing terms available in more than 30 languages Weaknesses: Not fully focused on companies which are foreign investors Some issues with the quality of the data
- 11. EIU World Investment Service https://eiu.bvdep.com/version-200984/cgi/template.dll?product=106 Combines statistics on FDI, international trade, tariff data and activities of multinational firms in one interactive database. Source: International Trade Centre (ITC) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Strengths: Summary of relevant country intelligence focused on FDI Includes business costs and forecast by country of origin/dest. Weaknesses: Country coverage is limited Some data gaps
- 12. EIU World Investment Service https://eiu.bvdep.com/version-200984/cgi/template.dll?product=106
- 16. Investment Map http://www.investmentmap.org Combines statistics on FDI, international trade, tariff data and activities of multinational firms in one interactive database. Source: International Trade Centre (ITC) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Strengths: Combination of relevant complementary data covering relevant dimensions Interactive and easy-to-use Weaknesses: Important data gaps, particularly on FDI at sector level Company level data is rather limited
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