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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455932403321

Autore

Narula Rajneesh <1963-, >

Titolo

Multinational investment and economic structure : globalisation and competitiveness / / Rajneesh Narula

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-79244-1

1-280-19914-8

0-203-01136-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy, , 1359-7930 ; ; 4

Disciplina

332.6/73

Soggetti

Investments, Foreign - Developing countries

International business enterprises - Finance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; THE DYNAMICS OF FDI AND ECONOMIC GROWTH; A CROSS-SECTIONAL TEST OF THE IDP; NATURAL AND CREATED ASSETS AS DETERMINANTS OF FDI; GLOBALISATION, HOMOGENEITY AMONG INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES AND DIFFERENCES IN FDI PATTERNS; COUNTRY-SPECIFIC FACTORS, TRADE AND FDI PATTERNS OVER THE 1980's; TRANSPACIFIC FDI: A FORTY-YEAR VIEW OF CHANGING COMPETITIVENESS; SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Multinational Investment and Economic Structure 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. It evaluates the concurrent (and interrelated) evolutionary processes behind economic growth and MNE activity and



how these evolutionary forces impact on the economic