Schlagwort-Archive: Indian FDI in Germany

The Hindu Business Line recommends reading „GIRT“ article

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In an article titled „The horizon vocabulary“ journalist D. Murali of The Hindu Business Line, a renowned newspaper from India, recommends reading an article („Investment Destination Germany: Chances & Challenges for Indian Firms„) written by Rajnish Tiwari, Head of German-Indian Round Table in Hamburg:

Investment opportunities in Germany

In a significant contrast to their Chinese counterparts, Indian firms have so far tended to prefer developed Western countries for their investments, notes Rajnish Tiwari, Head of the German-Indian Round Table (GIRT) in Hamburg. Germany, along with the US and the UK, has emerged as a primary target for Indian FDI, he adds, in Investment destination Germany: Chances & challenges for Indian firms (www.ssrn.com). “With its established technological prowess, high-quality infrastructure and reliable institutional set-up, Germany is regarded as an excellent investment target by many Indian firms in their pursuit of newest technologies and commercially viable cutting-edge innovations,” Tiwari reasons.

The paper concedes that, since many Indian companies prefer to channelise their FDI projects to Germany through their existing domestic subsidiaries or through their daughter concerns in other European countries, the official data fail to capture the true extent of Indian engagement in Germany.

Tiwari urges Indian firms, therefore, to take advantage of Germany’s excellent physical infrastructure and technological know-how, including in the eastern part, while combining it with their own strengths in production, marketing, low-cost engineering, and business model innovations. Provides pointers that you may like to explore in detail.

Source: The Hindu Business Line, 11.02.2012

Direct link to the paper in question:
http://www.global-innovation.net/team/tiwari/PDF/Tiwari_BusinessGuide_2011.pdf

Book Review: The Rise of Indian Multinationals: Perspective of Indian Outward Foreign Direct Investment

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In its publication „Reserve Bank of India Occasional Papers“ (Vol. 32. No. 1, Summer 2011) India’s central bank has published a review of the book „The Rise of Indian multinationals: Perspective of Indian Outward Foreign Direct Investment“, edited by Karl P. Sauvant and Jaya Prakash Pradhan with Ayesha Chatterjee and Brian Harley (Palgrave MacMillan: New York), 2010; pp 284, £90.

The review also includes a chapter on Indian investments in Germany. The reviewer Arvind K. Jha (Assistant Adviser, Department of Economic and Policy Research, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai) writes:

„Chapter 8 on ‘The Emergence of Indian Multinationals: An Empirical Study of Motives, Current Status, and Trends of Indian Investment in Germany’, by Rajnish Tiwari and Cornelius Herstatt, presents the results of a empirical survey conducted among Indian subsidiaries operating in Germany. Survey brings out the fact that the majority of Indian companies investing in Germany are from service sectors like software and IT industry (more than half of Indian companies), pharmaceuticals and the automotive industry. Important factors behind the Indian OFDI to Germany are long tradition of economic relations between these two countries, proximity to their customers and suppliers, large access to German market and availability of skilled labour. Another interesting finding of this survey study is that Indian MNEs are net job creators in the Germany. The study also finds that Indian subsidiaries have generally performed well and look forward to strengthen their operational presence in Germany, including research and development activities. However, the survey also highlights the challenges, including cross-cultural issues, being faced by Indian MNEs in Germany.“

Source: Reserve Bank of India
http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/bs_viewcontent.aspx?Id=2490

BusinessWeek: „Tata Consultancy Seeks Purchases in Germany, France, Japan, U.S.“

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Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) — Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. is weighing acquisitions in France, Germany, Japan and the U.S. as Asia’s biggest computer services provider by market value sees further rising demand despite global economic woes. […]

Chandrasekaran declined to comment on a Sept. 7 report by Financial Times Deutschland that Tata Consultancy may learn the outcome of a bid for a majority share in the information technology arm of Deutsche Lufthansa AG after a Sept. 29 board meeting of the German airline. […]

Source: BusinessWeek, 26.09.2011.

REpower und Suzlon bauen Kooperation aus: REpower wird „indisch“

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Laut einem Bericht in der heutigen Ausgabe der Financial Times Deutschland (FTD, 22.09.2011) hat der Hamburger Windturbinenhersteller REpower „den Kampf um den riesigen chinesischen Markt verloren“. Der Berichtet zitiert Konzernchef Andreas Nauen mit den Worten: „Der chinesische Markt ist geprägt von einem ruinösen Preiskampf, und unsere Verkaufsmerkmale wie Qualität und Service zählen nicht“. REpower soll nach FTD-Informationen „den Verkauf in Schwellenländern weitgehend seiner Mutter Suzlon überlassen“, z.B. weil „die Inder bei dem Preiskampf besser mithalten [können] als der Premiumanbieter Repower“, so der Bericht.

REpower wird zu 100%er Tochter von Suzlon

Die FTD berichtet weiter, Suzlon habe sich auf der Hauptversammlung die Komplettübernahme Repowers genehmigen lassen. Zurzeit hält Suzlon etwas „mehr als 95 Prozent der Anteile, die verbliebenen Kleinaktionäre drängt er nun in einem sogenannten Squeeze-out aus dem Konzern. […] Um Produktionskosten zu senken, soll REpower künftig [.] Suzlon-Standorte in Indien nutzen,“ so der Bericht.

Mauritius top destination for Indians investing abroad; Germany loses attraction

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By: Rajnish Tiwari

According to a recent report appearing the Hindu Busines Line (6th Sept. 2011) Mauritius has emerged as the top desitination for Indian foregin direct investments. The official data suggest that Indian FDI outflows to Germany have gone down by as much two-thirds…

„Mauritius has again emerged as the hot destination for Indian corporates investing abroad. The US and Singapore seem to be loosing their attraction.

„The Finance Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, said that Mauritius, the US and Singapore have regained the top three places in attracting Indian capital but with one difference. Mauritius has registered very healthy growth, but investment in the US and Singapore has come down in comparison to the previous year. United Arab Emirates (UAE) has also registered positive growth, but investment in the Netherlands has come down to half while to Germany it is down to nearly one third.“ […]

(Read the complete report on the Hindu Business Line)

It must, however, be noted that a significant portion of outward FDI projects of Indian firms takes place by roping in subsidiaries already located aborad so that those investments are not necessarily captured by official data. Moreover, it is not improbable that a significant portion of the FDI to Mauritius is actually routed further to other countires in order to take advantage of favourable taxtaion treaties. Nevertheless, we cannot deny that Indian investments to Germany have, in recent past, neither kept pace with the overall development of Indian outward FDI nor with the growth level of the Indo-German bilateral trade relations. Nonetheless, the investment activity has remained encouraging, the offical figures not withstanding.

On the issue of recent developments and challenges in Indian outward FDI to Germany also see:

Tiwari, R. (2011): Investment Destination Germany: Chances & Challenges for Indian Firms, in: Business Guide Germany India 2011/2012, pp. 96-97, Berlin: Wegweiser.