A Century Of Foreign Investment In The Third World

Author : Michael Twomey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134569211
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Century of Foreign Investment in the Third World written by Michael Twomey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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.

Author : Michael J. Twomey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Century of Foreign Investment in the Third World written by Michael J. Twomey and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Louis T. Wells
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262231138
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Third World Multinationals written by Louis T. Wells and published by Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press. This book was released on 1983-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past decade, a number of Third World countries have emerged from their economic status as sources of raw materials or as sweatshops in which low-wage, low-skilled workers produced goods for the richer nations. Now they are themselves manufacturing and consuming high-quality, high-technology products and are establishing foreign subsidiaries, most often in other developing countries. This book is the first to study the significant-growth in foreign direct investment by such countries and its impact on the international economic order. Third World Multinationals explores the question of why firms based in developing countries have chosen to invest in branches, joint ventures, and wholly-owned subsidiaries overseas rather than simply export goods or enter into licensing arrangements abroad. In addition to the cost of transport, tariff barriers, and import restrictions, it identifies a number of less apparent factors, such as the motivations of managers in wanting to go abroad, the meshing of technological levels, ethnic ties, and the desire to protect proprietary processes and competitive advantages. The book compares the similarities and differences between these firms and their more established counterparts from the industrialized countries, both large and small. It examines the implications of these developments on the relations between specific home and host countries, and on North-South relations and South-South relations in general. In the face of scarce and unreliable figures, the author has compiled a considerable amount of validated data and viable estimates from numerous world sources. The cases and examples are taken mainly from South America and South and Southeast Asia, those regions that have put forth the largest number of multinational offshoots. Louis T. Wells, Jr., is Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, Harvard Business School.

Author : Werner Baer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135790280
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America written by Werner Baer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examine the changing nature of foreign investments in Latin America!Generously enhanced with easy-to-understand charts, tables, and graphs, this book covers the ins and outs of foreign direct investment in the established and emerging markets of Latin America. In addition to an overview of direct investment for the entire Latin American region in the 1990s, this valuable book examines specific countries’ experiences with FDI in that decade. These include Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.Spending on environmental projects is on the rise, and Latin American nations are at the forefront of this financial whirlwind in the developing world. Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: Its Changing Nature at the Turn of the Century examines the difficulties of assessing environmental investments. It analyzes the role of international capital in Latin-American environmental issues and discusses the major players, such as the World Bank, in international capital and the environment.Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America presents case studies that illustrate: the history of FDI in Argentina and the impact of the privatization of state-owned enterprises in 1991-1993 the similarities and differences between 1990s FDI in Mexico and Chile the ways that modern investment in Brazil differs in purpose from investment there in previous economic eras how Peru addressed its balance-of-payments crisis in a time when its domestic financial markets were thin and there existed few sources of financing besides banks how Paraguay’s historical lack of infrastructure has hampered FDI efforts there Ecuador’s financial and balance-of-payments crisis-its currency is in free-fall and its financial institutions are on the brink of collapse . . . and much more!Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America packs all this valuable information into a single user-friendly source. As we move into the new millennium, no student, educator, or investor interested in this quickly evolving, volatile market should be without it!

Author : E. Paus
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403978816
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foreign Investment, Development, and Globalization written by E. Paus and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-10-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages the question, hotly debated among theorists and policymakers alike, of how a developing country's pursuit of foreign direct investment (FDI) affects its development prospects in a globalized world. Can small latecomers to economic development use high-tech FDI to rapidly expand indigenous capabilities, thus shortcutting stages of the industrialization process? What conditions, economic and non-economic, must be met for this strategy to succeed? Using the cases of Ireland and Costa Rica, the author shows how the dynamics of the FDI-development nexus have changed over time, rendering problematic Costa Rica's attempt, and those of other latecomers, to replicate the Celtic Tiger's success story.

Author : Mr.Edward M. Graham
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1451847904
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment in the World Economy written by Mr.Edward M. Graham and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1995-06-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in international capital flows is examined. Theories of the determinants of FDI are surveyed, and the economic consequences of FDI for both host (recipient) and home (investor) nations are examined in light of empirical studies. Policy issues surrounding possible negotiation of a “multilateral agreement on investment” are discussed.

Author : Michael Twomey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134569203
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Century of Foreign Investment in the Third World written by Michael Twomey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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.

Author : John Rothgeb
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 0275932559
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths and Realities of Foreign Investment in Poor Countries written by John Rothgeb and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1989-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book systematically explores the effects upon underdeveloped countries of direct foreign investments made by multinational corporations. The author pays particular attention to themes prevalent in the international political economy literature that depict foreign investment as alternately aiding or hindering economic development in the Third World. In constructing his analysis, Rothgeb treats the relationship between the multinational corporation and the underdeveloped host state as a political relationship, demonstrating that the results of foreign investment depend in large part upon the differing strengths of the actors in the relationship and how they use the advantages derived from their power. Following an introductory chapter which reviews the current status of research on the subject, Rothgeb turns to a consideration of how foreign investments affect host state foreign policy. He then addresses the domestic political and social effects of foreign investment and identifies four basic conceptions of the role played by foreign investment. Finally, Rothgeb focuses on economic growth, analyzing the ways in which multinational firms affect growth via their effects on capital availability, the degree to which the government plays a leading role in managing society, and changes in the composition of the local labor force. The author's conclusions regarding the political effects of foreign investment should be required reading for students of economic development and international relations, as well as for policymakers and executives of multinational firms.

Author : Joshua Eisemann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317282930
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China and the Developing World written by Joshua Eisemann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's relationship with the developing world is a fundamental part of its larger foreign policy strategy. Sweeping changes both within and outside of China and the transformation of geopolitics since the end of the cold war have prompted Beijing to reevaluate its strategies and objectives in regard to emerging nations.Featuring contributions by recognized experts, this is the first full-length treatment of China's relationship with the developing world in nearly two decades. Section one provides a general overview and framework of analysis for this important aspect of Chinese policy. The chapters in the second part of the book systematically examine China's relationships with Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Latin America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. The book concludes with a look into the future of Chinese foreign policy.

Author : United Nations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789213633755
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2010 written by United Nations and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: