Considering United Arab Emirates and Venezuela as an attractive opportunity for investment, we can compare and contrast the risks and opportunities presented by both countries. On this basis, we will try to suggest where to invest and why.

Table of contents

Introduction

1. Historical and political context in both countries 3

1.1 Venezuela 3

1.2 United Arab Emirates 4

2. Economic situation in both countries 5

2.1 Economic systems 5

2.2 Economic data 6

3. Local opportunities and risks to invest 7

Conclusion 10

References 11

About Foreign Direct Investments and international trade 11

About United Arab Emirates 11

About Venezuela and South America 12

Introduction

The globalization phenomenon, developing international trade, has started during the second part of the XIXth century. Nowadays, globalization is a worldwide process which affects all the world economy. Under globalization, international trade, foreign direct investments, capital movements, people movements increase on a large scale. In that context, every company has to deal with a global network production, marketing, and information management.

I am a consultant from a French company which would like to expand its presence over the world in order to be more competitive on this global market place. The company is willing to invest in any sector of the industry. Venezuela and United Arab Emirates are considered as attractive countries for foreign investment. As a business management consultant, I will study and analyze the opportunities and risks that exist in both countries for foreign investors in order to choose the more attractive.

The attractiveness of a potential investment country can be assessed examining and balancing the political and economical context. This could be achieved analysing the different local factors (political, economic and legal) which determine costs and benefits of doing business as well as the risks