Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher - A Researcher in International Relations and International Business with a Focus on Security and Political Risks & Economic and Strategic Risks Related to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), International Trade and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As)

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Curaçao, 27 April 2022

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher’s Academic Blog on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade: Opportunities versus Risks

Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher - Researcher in International Business with a focus on Risks

In this blog, I focus each time on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade in a certain country or territory in terms of how Location Factors (Political, Economic, Technological, Ecological, Legal and Cultural) and Entry Modes (e.g. M&As, Export and Greenfield) impact the attractiveness - or vice versa - the risks of FDI and International Trade in the specific country or territory. Still, keep in mind that each risk may lead to an opportunity for resolving problems via suitable FDI and International Trade, while each opportunity for FDI and International Trade may involve risks.

Political Risks: Regime Transformation, Political Instability, Wars, Conflicts, Geopolitical Conflicts, Sanctions, Global Terror, Regional Crises, and Global Crises.

Economic Risks: Economic Instability, Restrictions on FDI and International Trade, Impact of FDI on Labour Markets; International Trade Agreements and Trade Wars

Strategic Risks: Strategic Risks in M&As, Integration in M&As, Cultural Distance, Cultural Openness, Labour Unions in M&As


Curaçao - Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade

Key Figures of FDI and International Trade

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$): $158.15 (Millions) (2020)

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$): $9.36 (Millions) (2020)

Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $1,013.02 (Millions) (2020)

Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $1,709.86 (Millions) (2020)

Source: World Bank

Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

FactSheet_2021_new (unctad.org)

Curaçao - Foreign direct investment (indexmundi.com)

Curaçao (CUW) Exports, Imports, and Trade Partners | OEC - The Observatory of Economic Complexity

Curaçao's National Export Strategy 2020-2025 | Willemstad Smart City

Macro Data

Curacao | Data (worldbank.org)

Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands Antilles and the IMF

General Information and Political Information

Curacao - The World Factbook (cia.gov)

Curacao profile - BBC News

Research Papers and Research Books

Green ammonia enables sustainable energy production in small island developing states: A case study on the island of Curaçao - ScienceDirect

Clinical Leadership as an Agent for Change: A Health System Improvement Intervention in Curaçao - PMC (nih.gov)

A perfect symbiosis: Curaçao, the Netherlands and financial offshore services, 1951–2013 | Financial History Review | Cambridge Core

Pieters, D. (2021). Curaçao. In Social Security Law in Small Jurisdictions (pp. 73-84). Springer, Cham.

Ideas and impact: Continuity, change and constraints in the institutional landscape of Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Trinidad and Tobago - ProQuest

Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes ... - OECD - Google Books

Assessment of media development in Curaçao: Based on UNESCO's Media ... - Pin, Renske, Velzen, Susan van, Korstjens, Irwin - Google Books

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV News Programs

Keep in mind that Documentaries and in-Depth TV News programs usually reflect a certain viewpoint. ZRB

Curaçao and climate change | DW Documentary - YouTube

Island paradise of Curaçao becomes a living hell for Venezuelan migrants - YouTube

Important History Events

Why History? History shapes the present and future and even may repeat itself. ZRB

Curaçao in the Age of Revolutions, 1795-1800 (oapen.org)

Waters of Faith, Currents of Freedom: Gender, Religion and Ethnicity i (taylorfrancis.com)

Orangism, Patriotism, and Slavery in Curaçao, 1795–1796* | International Review of Social History | Cambridge Core

Curaçao History (curacaohistory.com)

Other Issues

Issues that may have indirect effects or long-run effects either on opportunities or risks of FDI and International Trade. ZRB

Petrogenic history of volcaniclastic carbonates from Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles | SpringerLink

Associations of number of victimizations with mental health indicators and health-risk behaviours among a nationally representative sample of in-school adolescents in Curaçao - ScienceDirect

High levels of dioxins and PCBs in meat, fat and livers of free ranging pigs, goats, sheep and cows from the island of Curaçao - ScienceDirect

National Flower


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