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  #servicesledfdi in action by #360disruption Why Traditional FDI Is No Longer Enough — And What Comes Next For decades, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been measured in capital. How much was invested. Where it was deployed. What assets were acquired. But in practice, many of these investments fail to translate into real, lasting economic value—especially in new markets. Not because the capital isn’t there. But because execution is missing. The Gap Between Investment and Impact When international companies expand into new markets, they typically face: Regulatory complexity Fragmented go-to-market execution High upfront capital requirements Limited local integration The result? Promising technologies enter a market—but never truly embed within it. They remain: imported underutilized disconnected from local industrial growth The Shift: From Capital to Execution This is where a new approach is emerging: Services-Led FDI Instead of leading with capital, this mo...

  Services-Led FDI: The Missing Link in Accelerating National Economic Strategy Why governments should actively support execution platforms that bring global innovation into local capability. An opinion article by Dr. Anjo De Heus , 360Disruption . For decades, foreign direct investment (FDI) has been measured in factories built, capital deployed, and infrastructure developed. But the world has changed. The next wave of economic growth will not be driven by infrastructure alone —  it will be driven by speed, adaptability, and the ability to translate global innovation into local execution . This is where services-led FDI emerges as a critical, and often overlooked, component of national economic strategy. Beyond Traditional FDI Traditional FDI plays an essential role in building long-term industrial capacity. However, it is inherently slow: long development cycles high capital intensity delayed economic impact In contrast, services-led FDI introduces a fundamentally different...