Technological Innovation and Third World Multinationals

ISBN-13: 9780415048071 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 484 str.

Paz Estrella E. Tolentino

Opis

In recent years there has been a spectacular growth in the technological capabilities of developing countries and in outward direct investment from firms based in these countries. Technological Innovation and Third World Multinationals argues that these phenomena are related. The emerging technological capabilities of Third World firms are allied to the cumulative growth of their outward direct investment. The existence and accumulation of technological capabilities is thus a determinant as well as an effect of their international production activities.

Spis treści

1 Introduction 2 Trends in foreign direct investment 3 The theories of international production 4 The theories of Third World multinationals 5 The concept of an investment development cycle: some econometric testing 6 The role of foreign technology in the development of Third World multinationals 7 The dynamic interdependence between inward and outward investment in the Philippines 8 A profile of Philippine multinationals 9 The industrial development of Third World outward investment 10 The geographical development of Third World outward investment 11 In conclusion: implications for theory and policy

O autorze

Paz Estrella Tolentino