How we help
Focus areas
FT Locations supports your organisation across all focus areas helping you achieve more.
Analyse global markets and sectors with our best-in-class data and research tools.
Our products combine the world's largest corporate investment dataset with expert analytical insights, covering hundreds of thousands of businesses globally. Use our tools to develop research studies, assess sector potential, and build robust academic frameworks that enhance your institution's impact.
- Track greenfield FDI across all markets and sectors
- Benchmark the competitiveness of various regions
- Analyse and compare corporate incentives globally
- Monitor domestic investment trends
Engagement and visualisation tools
With the right research engagement and analysis tools (like interactive GIS), academic institutions can unlock new insights and contribute to the global understanding of investment trends. Our solutions allow you to analyse market data, visualise corporate investments and engage with critical research audiences.
- Help students and researchers visualise global investment data
- Create interactive visualisations for research and analysis
- Share research insights with a global academic audience
Our consulting services can help your institution create impactful research strategies, analyse sector-specific trends and forecast potential growth areas.
We partner with academic institutions to ensure data integrity, strategic alignment and successful research outcomes. Our data and research experience can help you engage more effectively with global trends and stakeholders.
- Forecast cross-border investment activity across global markets
- Identify commercialisation opportunities with sector studies
- Benchmark locations against global trends
- Strategic partnerships for research and data collaboration
Discover, develop and capitalise on academic commercialisation opportunities with gold-standard events and contacts.
Our business development solutions can help you identify key trends and engage with target audiences. With databases and customised commercialisation networking events, academic institutions can execute more focused and efficient research programming tailored to global markets
- Access a database of 27,000 corporate investment intermediaries
- Host lead generation events for research and collaboration
Empower your teams with professional development solutions.
Navigate today's changing cross border investment landscape with confidence.ur e-learning platform, a certification in fDi and tailored capacity-building programmes can unlock your team's full potential. Stay informed with a free subscription to fDi Intelligence Magazine, featuring the latest cross border corporate investment industry insights, trends and rankings to keep your institution ahead.
- Upskill your team with our globally recognized e-learning platform
- Organise custom training workshops tailored to your institution’s research needs
- Request a free subscription to fDi Intelligence Magazine for the latest research trends and rankings
How we help
Focus areas
FT Locations supports your organisation across all focus areas helping you achieve more.
Data and analysis
Analyse global markets and sectors with our best-in-class data and research tools.
Our products combine the world's largest corporate investment dataset with expert analytical insights, covering hundreds of thousands of businesses globally. Use our tools to develop research studies, assess sector potential, and build robust academic frameworks that enhance your institution's impact.
- Track greenfield FDI across all markets and sectors
- Benchmark the competitiveness of various regions
- Analyse and compare corporate incentives globally
- Monitor domestic investment trends
Marketing and attraction
Engagement and visualisation tools
With the right research engagement and analysis tools (like interactive GIS), academic institutions can unlock new insights and contribute to the global understanding of investment trends. Our solutions allow you to analyse market data, visualise corporate investments and engage with critical research audiences.
- Help students and researchers visualise global investment data
- Create interactive visualisations for research and analysis
- Share research insights with a global academic audience
Strategy and consulting
Our consulting services can help your institution create impactful research strategies, analyse sector-specific trends and forecast potential growth areas.
We partner with academic institutions to ensure data integrity, strategic alignment and successful research outcomes. Our data and research experience can help you engage more effectively with global trends and stakeholders.
- Forecast cross-border investment activity across global markets
- Identify commercialisation opportunities with sector studies
- Benchmark locations against global trends
- Strategic partnerships for research and data collaboration
Business development
Discover, develop and capitalise on academic commercialisation opportunities with gold-standard events and contacts.
Our business development solutions can help you identify key trends and engage with target audiences. With databases and customised commercialisation networking events, academic institutions can execute more focused and efficient research programming tailored to global markets
- Access a database of 27,000 corporate investment intermediaries
- Host lead generation events for research and collaboration
Professional development
Empower your teams with professional development solutions.
Navigate today's changing cross border investment landscape with confidence.ur e-learning platform, a certification in fDi and tailored capacity-building programmes can unlock your team's full potential. Stay informed with a free subscription to fDi Intelligence Magazine, featuring the latest cross border corporate investment industry insights, trends and rankings to keep your institution ahead.
- Upskill your team with our globally recognized e-learning platform
- Organise custom training workshops tailored to your institution’s research needs
- Request a free subscription to fDi Intelligence Magazine for the latest research trends and rankings
Product and services
Leading solutions for Academic and Research Institutions
Gain the insights you need to strengthen your research. Our solutions have been built over years of working with high-performing economic development organisations and academic institutions, offering you unparalleled data on the corporate expansion process.
Our team of experts
Trusted global experts in FDI and research analysis
As the most trusted provider of data solutions and consulting in global corporate investment research, FT Locations has helped academic institutions and research organisations worldwide deliver impactful studies. With our extensive experience, we empower institutions to gain deeper insights into global investment trends and compete more effectively in thought leadership.
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