Multinational Investment and Economic Structure: Globalisation and Competitiveness

ISBN-13: 9780415130134 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 236 str.

Rajneesh Narula

Opis

This text examines the relationship between industrial development and foreign direct investment (FDI) activities, and the interaction between multinational (MNE) activity and economic structures. It deals with the changing structure of the world economy as a whole, and the dynamics of the relationship between industrial development and the extent of FDI activities across countries.

Spis treści

1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE DYNAMICS OF FDI AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 3 A CROSS-SECTIONAL TEST OF THE IDP 4 NATURAL AND CREATED ASSETS AS DETERMINANTS OF FDI 5 GLOBALISATION, HOMOGENEITY AMONG INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES AND DIFFERENCES IN FDI PATTERNS 6 COUNTRY-SPECIFIC FACTORS, TRADE AND FDI PATTERNS OVER THE 1980s 7 TRANSPACIFIC FDI: A FORTY-YEAR VIEW OF CHANGING COMPETITIVENESS 8 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

O autorze

Rajneesh Narula is an Assistant Professor in International Business and Research Fellow at the Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) at the University of Limburg.