Innovations in Foreign Direct Investment Attraction

1. Understanding a company’s skills and training needed: Training experts, with 

experience in the key sectors being targeted, analyse the company’s current processes 

to understand the company’s operations and needs before they invest in Louisiana. A 

document is prepared outlining the analysis which is to be signed-off by the investor. 

A comprehensive assessment includes the areas below:

a. Behavioural Skills;

b. Business Analysis;

c. Competencies Review;

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d. Core Skills;

e. Cultural Analysis;

f. Needs Analysis;

g. Process Documentation;

h. Recruitment and Relocation;

i. Staffing Plans;

j. Technical Analysis; and

k. Technology Transfer