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Investment Consulting Associates (ICA)

The Investment Guide to Global Competitiveness

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• Role of IT and Internet

• Investment proposals and incentives

strategy

• Organizational management

• Marketing and targeting

• Role of IT and Internet

• Investment proposals and incentives


ICA’S GLOBAL ALLIANCE NETWORKICA’S GLOBAL ALLIANCE NETWORK

London,

Amsterdam,

Stuttgart

Moscow

Warsaw

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HyderabadShanghai &

Hong Kong

Sydney

Tokyo

Sao Paolo

DubaiNew York &

Washington D.C.

Madrid &

Lisbon

Singapore & Kuala

Lumpur & Jakarta

Hanoi, Ho Chi

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ICA physical presence

ICA establishing new office

ICA alliance partners

ICA ICA –– VISION AND MISSIONVISION AND MISSION

� ICA is an independent supplier of FDI consulting, location selection and

optimization and software applications for both multinationals and

governments

� Our Vision: maximizing returns on FDI projects

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� Our Mission: to become world leader in FDI advisory through a

combination of: consulting, smart FDI software product development and

global delivery through our network


INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION –– LOCATIONSELECTORLOCATIONSELECTOR

� LocationSelector is the comprehensive investment guide to global

competitiveness

� ICA’s software tool supports companies and governments dealing with the

following challenging questions:

– Where should we locate our next business activities?

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– Has our investment climate become less competitive?

– How can we improve the competitiveness of our investment location?

– Are we still operating in the most cost effective locations?

– What is the cost saving potential in case of a relocation?

– How can we value the global network of affiliates of the company we are

acquiring?


KEY FEATURES OF KEY FEATURES OF LOCATIONSELECTORLOCATIONSELECTOR

� LocationSelector is a unique and integrated location due diligence

software platform.

� The software combines financial analysis tools with a large database of

investment factors (400) for more than 200 countries and 350 cities.

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� The financial analysis tools support firms in making their investment,

acquisition, restructuring and location portfolio decisions.


� More than 400 location factors are categorized into 14 location groups:

Accessibility

Business Environment

Business Risks

Customs

Education

FDI & Trade Policies

Grants & Incentives

Infrastructure

Labor

Quality of life

Real Estate

Supply chain

Introducing LocationSelector.com

DATA COVERAGEDATA COVERAGE

Location Groups

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� LocationSelector allows to assess and benchmark the competitiveness of

countries and cities and assist in global site selection projects through FDI

rankings, graphs and time series, financial analyses tools, best practices

and report functions.

Business Risks FDI & Trade Policies Labor

Management & Logistics

Supply chain

Taxation


DATA COLLECTIONDATA COLLECTION

� The major types of external, secondary information sources include:

– Specialized studies from research organizations regarding countries, regions,

industries, etc.

– Service firm reports regarding relevant business topics

– Government agency socioeconomic and other reports

– International organizations and agency reports (e.g., the UN, the IMF, the World

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– International organizations and agency reports (e.g., the UN, the IMF, the World

Bank, and the OECD)

– International Trade Association reports

– Industry Associations reports

� Knowledge development and Information Partners for proprietary data

sources

– Benchmark studies from knowledge institutions, market research and business

consulting firms


KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AND KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AND

THOUGHT LEADERSHIPTHOUGHT LEADERSHIP

� Alliances with Nyenrode Business School (Nyenrode Centre for Competitiveness

- NIC), Rotterdam School of Management and the Maastricht School of

Management (MSM) for:

– Research on FDI trends, competitiveness and location risk management

– Executive education, training and workshops

– Internships

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– Reviewer on specialized journals

� OECD: committee on Policy Framework for Investment (PFI)

� UN: advisor to annual World Investment Report on FDI trends

� WAIPA: member of the Consultative Advisory Group (CAG)

� Memberships of professional organizations:

– AIB: Academy of International Business

– AOM: Academy of Management

� LinkedIn - FDIexecutive: Largest FDI Member Group consisting of 330+ members


INFORMATION PARTNERSINFORMATION PARTNERS

� Information Partners continue to strengthen the first comprehensive online

information service dedicated exclusively to benchmark, analyze and rank

the competitiveness of countries and cities.

� Information Partners contribute to LocationSelector by providing their

proprietary data, for which they receive in return:

– Marketing exposure on LocationSelector, including display of their logo and a

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– Marketing exposure on LocationSelector, including display of their logo and a

brief description of their information

– Communication of the major selling points of their information to the ICA sales

force

• 3500 unique website visitors per month

• Press release to 7000 high level executives and decision makers

• FDIexecutive with 330+ C-level

– Timely formatting and uploading of their information in ICA’s LocationSelector

– Timely annually usage statements


LOCATIONSELECTOR LOCATIONSELECTOR –– OPENING SCREENOPENING SCREEN

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Software capabilities

FOUR UNIQUE MODULESFOUR UNIQUE MODULES

LocationSelector is endowed with of four modules:

1. Benchmark Module: Evaluate, benchmark and rank the competitiveness of countries and cities by selecting a wide variety of location factors

2. Weighted Analysis Module: Multiple criteria & custom weighted analysis

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2. Weighted Analysis Module: Multiple criteria & custom weighted analysis to benchmark the competitiveness of locations given your specific needs

3. Cost – Benefit Module: Benchmark and rank countries and cities according their cost-benefit capabilities to further identify and verify the overall investment climate

4. Operating expense Module: Analyze and benchmark the operating expenses of potential investment projects and explore the cost differentials across countries and/or cities


LOCATIONSELECTOR IS A LOCATIONSELECTOR IS A

STRAIGHTFORWARD STEP BY STEP TOOLKITSTRAIGHTFORWARD STEP BY STEP TOOLKIT

� Locationselector is a straightforward step by step toolkit to arrive at clear-

cut results:

– Step 1 – Selecting your geographical scope

– Step 2 – Selecting (and weighting) your Location groups

– Step 3 – Selecting (and weighting) your location factors

– Step 4 – Comparative analysis

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– Step 4 – Comparative analysis

– Step 5 – Scoring and ranking of countries or cities

– Step 6 – Analyze and export the results of the four modules

� The next slides show screenshots relating to each step, to provide a first

impression of the interaction, purpose, navigation and usability of

LocationSelector


STEP 1 STEP 1 –– SELECTING YOUR GEOGRAPHICAL SELECTING YOUR GEOGRAPHICAL

SCOPESCOPE

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STEP 2 STEP 2 –– SELECTING (AND WEIGHTING) SELECTING (AND WEIGHTING)

YOUR LOCATION GROUPSYOUR LOCATION GROUPS

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STEP 3 STEP 3 –– SELECTING (AND WEIGHTING) SELECTING (AND WEIGHTING)

YOUR LOCATION FACTORSYOUR LOCATION FACTORS

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STEP 4 STEP 4 -- COMPARATIVE ANALYSISCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Clear Graphs and Tables Time series

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STEP 5 STEP 5 -- SCORING AND RANKING OF SCORING AND RANKING OF

COUNTRIES OR CITIESCOUNTRIES OR CITIES

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STEP 6 STEP 6 –– ANALYZE AND EXPORT THE ANALYZE AND EXPORT THE

RESULTS OF THE FOUR MODULESRESULTS OF THE FOUR MODULES

Benchmark Module Weighted Analysis Module

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STEP 6 STEP 6 –– ANALYZE AND EXPORT THE ANALYZE AND EXPORT THE

RESULTS OF THE FOUR MODULESRESULTS OF THE FOUR MODULES

Cost – Benefit Module Operating Expense Module

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10 REASONS FOR USING 10 REASONS FOR USING LOCATIONSELECTORLOCATIONSELECTOR

1. Save increasing costs, resources and time on simple data collection and

analyses

2. Define, select and assess individual project requirements for your

investment project

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investment project

3. Assess which locations meet the investment project requirements

4. Use time series and scatter plots to benchmark FDI locations on

numerous factors

5. Benchmark and compare the cost and benefits of potential locations


10 REASONS FOR USING 10 REASONS FOR USING LOCATIONSELECTORLOCATIONSELECTOR

6. Calculate annual operating costs in different locations for your

investment project

7. Assess and benchmark your current operating location portfolio with

potential new competing alternative locations

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potential new competing alternative locations

8. Benchmark existing locations with potential new locations without hiring

(expensive) external expertise for each project

9. Analyze the competitiveness and attractiveness of your investment

location(s) with others

10. Benefit from export functions to MS Word, Excel


FURTHER INFORMATIONFURTHER INFORMATION

� ICA provides online demonstrations to present the software capabilities in more detail

� During the software demonstration we are able to simulate specific investment projects

� A demonstration also provides an excellent opportunity to discuss your

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� A demonstration also provides an excellent opportunity to discuss your specific needs

� Please follow this link and apply for an online demonstration:

www.locationselector.com/demo or send an e-mail to [email protected]

� For further information about our Information Partner opportunities, please contact ICA directly at [email protected]


CONTACT DETAILSCONTACT DETAILS

Investment Consulting Associates (ICA)

H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 210

1096 AS Amsterdam

The Netherlands

T: +31 (0)20 462 3530

F: +31 (0)20 462 3535

E: [email protected]

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The Netherlands

Matthijs Weeink – Head Product Development


www.ic-associates.com

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