Direct Foreign Investment
Costs and Benefits
Published on 17. November 1987
Book
Hardback
244 pages
978-0-275-92717-2 (ISBN)
Description
In Direct Foreign Investment, scholars from business schools in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Latin America reflect on the relationship of foreign investment to the development process, examining the experience of foreign investors in a variety of national settings. They explore the complex issues relating to foreign investment and present the pros and cons of various approaches. The volume begins with general administrative ways to encourage or discourage foreign investment. There are detailed discussions on specific countries and their experiences with foreign investment, including a large Asian developing country, countries in Latin America and Europe, and Japan. Following these regional experiences are general articles examining the costs and benefits of in the international marketplace.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
537 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-92717-2 (9780275927172)
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Persons
RICHARD D. ROBINSON is George Jewett Distinguished Professor of Business at the University of Puget Sound.
Content
Preface Part One: Government Interventions Government Policy Options vis-a-vis Foreign Business Activity: An Academic View by Richard D. Robinson Part Two: Regional Experience Evaluating Foreign Investment: With Special References to Southeast Asia by Louis T. Wells, Jr. Government Regulation of Foreign Investment: Emerging Lessons from Latin America by Moises Naim European Practices and Policies by John M. Stopford Japanese Intervention with Respect to Direct Foreign Investment by Noritake Kobayashi Part Three: Costs and Benefits A Survey of the Theory of Direct Investment in Developing Countries by Richard S. Eckaus The Financial Component of Foreign Direct Investment: Implications for Developing Countries by Donald R. Lessard Trade Policy and the Impact of Foreign Technology by William A. Fischer Part Four: Responses of Foreign Investors The Multinational Corporation and the Host Country Environment by John S. Schwendiman Overview of Corporate Reactions by Richard D. Robinson Index