LEADER 04282nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910953235703321 005 20251116143320.0 010 $a1-134-56921-1 010 $a1-280-40212-1 010 $a0-203-18594-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203185940 035 $a(CKB)111056485544334 035 $a(EBL)168497 035 $a(OCoLC)559707292 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000119376 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11117153 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000119376 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10072304 035 $a(PQKB)10965604 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC168497 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL168497 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10035312 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL40212 035 $a(OCoLC)49569959 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485544334 100 $a20000320d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA Century of foreign investment in the Third World /$fMichael J. Twomey 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (267 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in international business and the world economy ;$v20 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-138-87939-8 311 08$a0-415-23360-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [228]-245) and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; Index of tables; Index of graphs; List of abbreviations and currencies; Introduction; Outline of the book; Acknowledgments; Conceptualizing and measuring foreign investment; Dunning's ~eclectic model~ of FDI; The Product Cycle and the Investment Development Path; The obsolescing bargain; Free Standing Companies; Expatriate investment; The Third World and colonies; Colonial policy and FDI; Measuring and comparing the size of FDI; Capital and the capital output ratio; Further measurement issues; Final comments; Notes; The major source countries; FDI in services 327 $aForeign Portfolio Equity Investment British investment; Trends in British direct investment; French overseas investment; Issues in the measurement of French colonial investment; The United States; Belgium; The Netherlands; Japan; Concluding comments; Notes; Africa; Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia; Cte d'Ivoire; Liberia; Zaire; British Tropical Africa; Ghana; Nigeria; Kenya; Uganda; North and South Rhodesia; Zimbabwe; Zambia; Asia and the Middle East; China; India; Indo-China; Indonesia; Korea; Malaysia; Philippines; Taiwan; Thailand; The Middle East and petroleum; Turkey; Notes 327 $aLatin America, the Caribbean and Canada Brazil; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Cuba; Honduras; Jamaica; Mexico; Peru; Venezuela; Notes; General results; Estimates of the foreign ownership of domestic capital; The relative importance of expatriate investment; Econometric explanation of pre-World War I FDI; The relative size of railroads; Railroad financing; The Investment Development Path; The ~Big Push~ and domestic growth; Source country determinants of FDI growth; Policies in host countries; Location specific advantages in host countries; Privatization and FDI; Future trends; Overall summary 327 $aNotes Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe late twentieth century has witnessed a dramatic upsurge in foreign direct investment in the Third World. Based upon thorough statistical analysis, the book presents exhaustive case-studies of foreign investment policy in 'metropolitan' countries and of the experiences of 'host' countries throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America. With a wide geographical and historical focus, it also makes an important contribution to current debates on dependency theory. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in international business and the world economy ;$v20. 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$zDeveloping countries$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aInvestments 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign$xHistory 615 0$aInvestments. 676 $a332.67/3/091724 700 $aTwomey$b Michael J$0164665 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953235703321 996 $aA Century of foreign investment in the Third World$94483090 997 $aUNINA