This paper uses a composite measure to examine why some countries attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) than others. The measure considers all identified, measurable, and comparable socioeconomic aspects that affect FDI decisions on an aggregated country level. As a result, we can rank...

In our research project “The Global Venture Capital and Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index” we tackle the question where institutional investors should best allocate their venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) exposure. In this project, we have calculated an index in its...

Jeng and Wells (2000) initialized the examination of venture capital (VC) determinants across countries. Meanwhile, we enlarge their scope using aggregated VC funding in 118 countries, 78 being considered emerging markets, using panel data from 2000 to 2013. We show that M&A activity, legal...

In this book chapter for a practitioner audience, I present international PE activity data dating back to 2000, grouped into several “traditional” and “emerging” regions. There is no clear global development pattern for the PE market. After the historic high in 2000, activity peaked...