3 Hand in date: 12 Jan 2007 Word count: 2588 Content 1. Introduction P.1 2. Motivations of using FDI as cross border investment P.2 3. FDI impact on nation states P.6 3.1 Advantage of FDI to host country P.6 3.2 Disadvantage of FDI to host country P.9 3.3 Advantage & Disadvantage of FDI to home country P.10 4. Root causes of financial crisis P.11 5. Methods for survival in financial crisis P.13 6. Impact on financial
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production or other facilities in a foreign country‚ and maintains effective control of said investment. Foreign firm need to invest in country other than home country because they see ample opportunity in host country. The host country also benefits from FDI. A developing country generally lacks capital‚ technology and human resource as well. Thus any increase in capital and technology transfer will increase the consumption and economic wellbeing of the host nation. The investing firm will bring improved
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investment (FDI) is not allowed at present. FDI in retail industry FDI in retail industry means that foreign companies in certain categories can sell products through their own retail shop in the country. At present‚ foreign direct investment (FDI) in pure retailing is not permitted under Indian law. Government of India has allowed FDI in retail of specific brand of products. Following this‚ foreign companies in certain categories can sell products through their own retail shops in the country. Advantages
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Starbuck’s FDI 1. Initially Starbucks expanded internationally by licensing its format to foreign operators. It soon became disenchanted with this strategy. Why? When Starbucks started its international expansion in Japan‚ it initially decided to license. As it is known licensing is "the method of foreign operation whereby a firm in one country agrees to permit a company in another country to use the manufacturing‚ processing‚ trademark‚ know-how or some other skill provided by the licensor"[1]
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Over the past two decades‚ many countries around the world have experienced substantial growth in their economies‚ with even faster growth in international transactions‚ especially in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI). The share of net FDI in world GDP has grown five-fold through the eighties and the nineties‚ making the causes and consequences of FDI and economic growth a subject of ever-growing interest. This report attempts to make a contribution in this context
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What is FDI? 2 1.2 The background of Foreign Direct Investment in Africa 3 2.0 Motives for FDI in Africa 6 2.1The importance of foreign direct investment: 6 3.0 The Costs And Benefits Of FDI 11 4.0 Factors Influencing Investor Decisions 12 4.1 Reasons for low FDI in Africa 14 5.0 Initiatives taken by African countries to attract FDI 16 5.1 Incentives 17 5.2 Investment treaties 18 5.3 Investment Promotion 19 6.0 Policy Related Challenges of FDI 20 7. Efforts to Promote FDI in Africa
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Benefits of FDI Foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs when a nation or corporation invests capital in another country. For low-income countries‚ FDI can have major effects on the amount of production in a country. According to the United Nations‚ FDI has greatly increased the growth rate of the economies of low- income countries‚ allowing them to grow more rapidly than developed countries. Foreign direct investment comes with its own costs and benefits‚ as the organization or business providing
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means of attaining competitive efficiency by creating a meaningful network of global interconnections. FDI plays a vital role in the economy because it does not only provide opportunities to host countries to enhance their economic development but also opens new vistas to home countries to optimize their earnings by employing their ideal resources. India has sought to increase inflows of FDI with a much liberal policy since 1991 after decade’s cautious attitude. The 1990’s have witnessed a sustained
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Topic Page No. 1. INTRODUCTION TO FDI 1 2. HISTORICAL TRENDS IN FDI IN INDIA 2 3. PRESENT SHAPE OF FDI 2 4. THE ORGANIZATION OF INDIA’S RETAIL INDUSTRY 3 5. EFFECT OF FOR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS: 4 6. THE CASE OF WALMART 10 7. COMPETITION RELATED ISSUES 11 8. CASES 13 9. CONCLUSION 15 10. BIBLIOGRAPHY 16 iv Introduction to FDI Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) broadly encompasses any long-term investments
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the benefits of Foreign direct investment. South Africa is in a position where they feel changes to their economy need to occur‚ and the best option is to make their country more appealing to FDI. FDI will promote growth through jobs‚ technological advancements‚ and diversifying their economy (Daniels‚ Radenbaugh‚ & Sullivan‚ 2009‚ p. 479). South Africa has had a clear vision of what they would like their country to aspire to‚ but have face numerous challenges that prevent countries from FDI. They
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