Foreign direct investment From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Foreign direct investment (FDI) or foreign investment refers to long term participation by country A into country B. It usually involves participation in management‚ joint-venture‚ transfer of technology and expertise. There are two types of FDI: inward foreign direct investment and outward foreign direct investment‚ resulting in a net FDI inflow (positive or negative) and "stock of foreign direct investment"
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billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2011‚ second only to the United States. China’s high economic growth rate and the expansion of its domestic market help explain its optimism as an FDI destination; but foreign investors have concerns regarding potential investment returns with uncertainty about China’s willingness to offer a level playing field to domestic competitors. China has a legal and regulatory framework that provides the government with discretion to promote investment in specific
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ventures?" Strategic Management Journal‚ 34(3)‚ pp.317-37. Chen‚ C.H.‚ (1996). “Regional determinants of foreign direct investment in mainland China”. Journal of Economic Studies‚ 23(2)‚ pp.19-30. Cheung‚ K. & Lin‚ P.‚ (2004). “Spillover effects of FDI on innovation in China: Evidence from the provincial data”. China Economic Review‚ 15‚ pp.25-44. Dees‚ S.‚ (1998). “Foreign Direct Investment in China: Determinants and Effects”. Economics of Planning‚ 31‚ pp.175-94. Deniels‚ J.D.‚ Radebaugh‚ L
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What impact will the prospect of deprivatization have on investment by managers of privatized firms? The prospect of deprivatization will impact managers of privatized firms because under this policy‚ certain past privatization would be declare illegal and the transactions would be reversed. These privatized firms would have to be either run as a state-owned enterprise or sold to another party. This will affect managers of privatized firms in that they may not have the power to make decisions
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economic development Foreign investors are able to finance their investments projects better and often cheaper Foreign corporations create new workplaces Possible positive effects FDI bring new technologies that are usually not available in the target country. There is empirical evidence that there are spillover effects as the new technologies usually spread beyond the foreign corporations Foreign corporations provide better access to foreign markets Ex. Foreign corporations can provide
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CASE 12: CONSIDERATION OF DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT 1. Introduction to Direct Foreign Investment (DFI) and its benefits 2.1 Introduction to DFI 1.1.1 DFI is an integral part of an open and effective international economic system and is seen as a source of economic development‚ income growth and employment. A firm which obtains DFI would be beneficial by new marketing channels‚ cheaper production facilities‚ access to new technology‚ products‚ skills and financing. 1.1.2 For all of
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closest route to sea trade. Other geographical features of note are the countries to the south and west. To the south of Ethiopia is Kenya which is probably one of the most developed nations near Ethiopia and has fairly good relations with Kenya who is a developed nation and large trading partner. To the west of Ethiopia is South Sudan‚ which is important because of how much oil South Sudan has. The oil that South Sudan has gives them huge amounts of power in Africa and the world as a whole. The nation
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New trend in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) became Central and Eastern Europe since the end of 1980s. That happened because of those countries starting transformation to ma market economy and chose as one of the priorities in it integration to a global economy. Such instrument as FDI has its advantages as well as disadvantages. Firstly‚ FDI is a source of supplementary productive capital that is really scarce source in terms of deep structural changes of a whole economy. Secondly‚ FDI provide
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INDIA’S INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT AN OVERVIEW 2 India’s International Trade Towards Increased Global Integration through Trade Exports Imports Total India’s Merchandise Trade Turnover increased from US$95 bn in FY02 to 414 CAGR: 24.5% (2002-08) 30.3% 27.8% US$ 391 bn in FY08 (CAGR of 27.8%) India’s Exports increased from US$44 312 252 195 114 61 53 142 149 112 78 64 84 103 126 163 186 251 bn in FY02 to US$ 163 bn in FY08 (CAGR of 24.5%) India’s Imports increased
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1. The reason Starbucks became disenchanted with its previous strategy of licensing its format strategy to foreign operators because the pure licensing agreement would not give Starbucks the full control that they wanted‚ so Starbucks did joint ventures with japan and every other country. With the joint venture‚ this gave local retailers just as much stake in the operation as the actual company. But also giving them the control they wanted. After the joint venture was established then the Starbucks
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