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.

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/
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36,000+ greenfield FDI projects - over 170
countries (2002-)
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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:
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• Comprehensive coverage of company linkages and relations
(subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions…)
• Coverage of U.S. private companies
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Weaknesses:
• Strictly a company database
• International coverage is limited

6. Corporate Affiliations™
http://www.corporateaffiliations.com/

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

8. Business Monitor International
http://www.businessmonitor.com/

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

10. Kompass
http://www.kompass.com

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

13. Datamonitor
http://www.datamonitor.com

14. Dun & Bradstreet
http://www.dnb.com/us

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

17. Investment Map
http://www.investmentmap.org

18. Q&A