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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789963803321

Autore

Nelson Roy C. <1961->

Titolo

Harnessing globalization : the promotion of nontraditional foreign direct investment in Latin America / / Roy C. Nelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2009]

©2009

ISBN

0-271-05123-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 262 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

332.673098

Soggetti

Investments, Foreign - Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Costa Rica and CINDE -- 2 Rio Grande do Sul and Pólo -- 3 Chile and CORFO’s High Technology Investment Promotion Program -- 4 The IDA, IDA Ireland, and Forfás: Lessons for Latin America, Part 1 -- 5 Singapore’s Economic Development Board: Lessons for Latin America, Part 2 -- Conclusion -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"An analysis of recent government efforts to promote nontraditional foreign direct investment (FDI) in Costa Rica; the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; and Chile. For comparative purposes, the book also examines the highly successful cases of Ireland and Singapore"--Provided by publisher.