The rise of transnational corporations from emerging markets threat or opportunity?
This insightful book shows that foreign direct investment (FDI) from emerging markets has grown from negligible amounts in the early 1980s to $210 billion in 2007, with the stock of investment now being well over $1 trillion. This reflects the rise of firms from these economies to become important p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
Edward Elgar
c2008
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| Series: | Studies in international investment
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This insightful book shows that foreign direct investment (FDI) from emerging markets has grown from negligible amounts in the early 1980s to $210 billion in 2007, with the stock of investment now being well over $1 trillion. This reflects the rise of firms from these economies to become important players in the world FDI market. The contributors to this book comprehensively analyze the rise of emerging market TNCs, the salient features of the transnational activities of these firms, the relationship of outward FDI and the competitiveness of the firms involved, their impact on host and home countries and implications for the international law and policy system pt. 1. Overview -- pt. 2. Exploring the growth and pattern of outward FDI from developing countries -- pt. 3. What's in it for host countries? -- pt. 4. What's in it for home countries and the international community? -- pt. 5. Conclusion |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 391 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781847207661 9781848441460 1847207669 9781848443488 |