International Investment Study H aving learned that you are quickly becoming known as an expert consultant on your chosen focus country, an international venture capital firm has retained your services on behalf of several rich clients who seek investment opportunities abroad. They have asked you to develop a proposal for an industrial plant for your country that will make use of locally obtained resources, readily available labor pool, and transportation facilities. Certain industrial processes require large amounts of energy. Remember that vertical integration may be a possibility, i.e., the finished product of an existing industry could serve as a raw material for a newly established and potentially lucrative industrial operation. Remember the concept of value added.
Labor is also critical to manufacturing success.
As you know, much of the world now offers an abundant supply of cheap workers for labor-intensive industrial processes. Will this item be something that will enter the local economy as a consumer good that is now very much in demand inside the country, or will it strictly be for export. You may come to realize that secondary economic activity will not be profitable in your country and you may wish to explore opportunities for service-based ventures such as tourism facilities. But this kind of proposal should be equally site-specific. These people are paying you a lot of money, and they expect you to do your homework and get it right.