Services-Led FDI: The Missing Link in Accelerating National Economic Strategy
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...