This paper estimates a definition of foreign direct investment, its forms, components, and determinants of foreign direct investment in some Arab economies. Then this paper will review the experiences of Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen in the area of attracting investment, and the volume of FDI inflows in the countries. The study concludes that the economic factors, political, legislative, and administrative environment influence the process of attracting foreign direct and indirect investments in the countries under consideration, while infrastructure is the factor affecting attraction of investments.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'') is adopting amendments to the rule under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that permits investment advisers to charge performance based compensation to ``qualified clients.'' The amendments revise the dollar amount thresholds of the rule's tests that are used to determine whether an individual or company is a qualified client. These rule amendments codify revisions that the Commission recently issued by order that adjust the dollar amount thresholds to account for the effects of inflation. In addition, the rule amendments: provide that the Commission will issue an order every five years in the future adjusting the dollar amount thresholds for inflation; exclude the value of a person's primary residence and certain asso...
Start-up businesses often need external financing to grow. These new ventures frequently turn to business angel investors for capital. Angels, who are often wealthy individuals, provide early stage financing, called seed capital, for these start-up ventures. This study examines what a group of angel investors in Southern California consider when reviewing an investment opportunity, and how they prioritize their investment criteria. The study utilizes a two-phase approach consisting of a qualitative first phase and a quantitative second phase. The results of this study show that trustworthiness of the entrepreneur, quality of the management team, enthusiasm of the lead entrepreneur, and exit opportunities for the angel are the angels' top criteria.
A prime factor of trade liberalization, investment, eludes a comprehensive coverage in the multilateral rule based regime under the World Trade Organization. The Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures, though one exclusively concentrated on investment, has proved to be insufficient as regards various barriers facing liberalization of cross-border investment flows are concerned. The proposed Multilateral Investment Agreement of Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development Group of countries also having failed to come up as planned, the field remains unoccupied even today. Therefore, it is high time that a consensus emerges at the multilateral level as regards basic rules of fair-play and liberalization of host-country measures towards foreign investment flows.
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