Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfers : Impacts on and Prospects for Developing Countries

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821312203321
• Autore: Kumar Nagesh <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 1998
• ISBN: 0-203-19362-8; 1-280-10454-6; 1-134-65502-9; 1-134-65503-7; 9786610104543
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Collana: UNU/INTECH Studies in New Technology and Development
• Disciplina: 332.67/3/091724; 338.91091724
• Soggetti: Investments, Foreign - Developing countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of appendices; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Geography of international technology transfer and FDI; Technology generation and transfers in the world economy: recent trends and prospects for developing countries; The changing geography of foreign direct investment: explanations and implications; Conventional sources of FDI and technology; The internationalization of US MNEs and its impact in developing countries; German MNEs: consequences of eastward drive for developing countries; Japanese foreign direct investment in Asia: its impact on export expansion and technology acquisition of the host economies Recent trends in Japanese foreign direct investment; Motives behind Japanese FDI in Asia; Japanese FDI and technology exports in Asia; Japanese FDI and exports from host countries; Conclusions; Emerging sources of FDI and technology; Emerging outward foreign direct investments from Asian developing countries: prospects and implications; Developing country prospects and policy implications; Foreign direct investments and technology transfers in an era of ; globalization and prospects for developing countries: a policy postscript Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, Nagesh Kumar and expert contributors examine and explain the emerging patterns in international technology transfers and foreign direct investment flows (FDIs) over the past two decades. They analyse the trends in internationalization of corporate activity in individual source countries, discussing outflows from both major and emerging source countries. This departs from the existing treatments of FDI as homogenous resource and allows for a more detailed prediction of future outflow patterns. Throughout, the research focuses upon the implications of new trends for developing coun