Preface

• Main Author: KUMAR, Nirmalya
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Marketing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5193; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6192/viewcontent/PrefaceIndiaAcquiringGlobalFootprint_2012.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

As late as 2001, Indian outward investment was less than US $1 billion. Instead, India, like all developing countries, was actively courting foreign investment into the country. By 2006, India had reached the tipping point. For the first time, Indian outward investment of US $10 billion had outstripped foreign investment into India. The spending spree continued unabated in 2007. Indian companies arranged or concluded US $21 billion in 40 foreign investment deals in January and February of 2007 alone. Moreover, Indian foreign investment in the financial year closing 31 March 2007 exceeded the cumulative total foreign investment by Indian companies in the 58 years between its independence in 1947 and 2005.