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The World Investment Report 2018 on "Investment and New Industrial Policies”

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - UNCTAD has recently released the 2018 edition of the World Investment Report on “Investment and New Industrial Policies” presenting FDI trends and prospects at global, regional and national levels; analyzing the most recent developments in national policy measures for investment promotion and regulation; highlighting trends in investment treaties.

The Report includes relevant data and information based on a global survey carried out over the past ten years on more than 100 economies. Among the key messages of the 2018 edition it is worth mentioning that:

• Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows fell by 23% to $1.43 trillion
• Inward FDI flows to developed economies fell sharply, by 37%, to $712 billion
• FDI flows to transition economies declined by 27%, to $47 billion
• Projections for global FDI in 2018 show fragile growth
• FDI remains the largest external source of finance for developing economies, making up 39% of total incoming finance in developing economies as a group, but less than a quarter in the LDCs, with a declining trend since 2012
• MNEs in the global Top 100 and the developing-economy Top 100 are leading the way towards more gender-balanced boardrooms, although they have a distance to go: on average 22% of board members of the Top 100s are women, better than both the S&P average and national averages.

Find out more findings by reading the Report available at this page.

 

The IP Statistics for Decision Makers 2018

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD (INSME Moral Sponsor) and European Union Intellectual Property Office – EUIPO are organizing the IP Statistics for Decision Makers 2018, taking place on the 23^rd and 24^th of October in Alicante, Spain. The conference aims at discussing how intellectual property data, statistics and analysis are used and can be used to inform decision-makers in both the public and private sectors, and to identify key information needs and possible shortcomings.

Interested researchers are invited to submit a paper to actively participate in the conference. The organizers welcome contributions covering a wide range of topics among which:

• IP and the digital transformation: the role of IP for Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, Blockchains and Fintech
• Science-industry links, university technology transfer and the role of IP
• IPRs and SMEs: barrier to entry and growth or performance enablers?

The deadline for submissions is the 17^th of June 2018, please find more details at this page.

Please note that registration to the conference will start in June 2018. More information will be available soon here.

INSME contributing to THE NEXT SOCIETY advocacy panel for an innovation policy agenda in Egypt

On the 23^rd of April TIEC (Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center) with the support of GAFI (General Authority For Investments) and ANIMA Investment Network (INSME Member from France) organized the National Advocacy Panel for an Innovation Policy Agenda in Egypt, an initiative carried out in the frame of THE NEXT SOCIETY, a project funded by the European Union.

INSME Secretary General, Mr. Zazzerini actively intervened and gave a presentation on how to overcome obstacles in the transition phase from start-up to scale up and recommended:

 

• To set strategic goals, identify the best path to reach them and communicate them properly
• To enrich the offering with complementary products and supporting services
• To avoid that functional specialization and organizational layers break the flow of information from the market
• To design an organizational structure, a management team, specialized roles and effective processes to develop financial capability and credibility
• To nurture a culture that reflects values and the firm’s strategy
• To foresee risks and identify potential interventions to cope with them.

 

As an affiliated entity to the project INSME is actively taking part to the Advocacy Panels during which target countries’ policy makers, entrepreneurs and relevant stakeholders in collaboration with international experts analyse the innovation ecosystem and identify challenges and priorities that will be addressed through technical assistance programmes that INSME is expected to deliver by drawing on its wide basin of experts.

Find out more about The NEXT SOCIETY at this page.

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