Multinational Investment and Economic Structure: Globalisation and Competitiveness

by Rajneesh Narula

Overview

Multinational Investment and Economic Structure examines the relationship between industrial development and foreign direct investment (FDI) activities, and the interaction between multinational (MNE) activity and economic structures. It deals with the changing structure of the world economy as a whole, and the dynamics of the relationship between industrial development and the extent of FDI activities across countries. It evaluates the concurrent (and interrelated) evolutionary processes behind economic growth and MNE activity and how these evolutionary forces impact on the economic structure of individual economies in the industrialised world as their economies converge through globalisation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134792436
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/11/2002
Series:	Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	704 KB

About the Author

Rajneesh Narula is an Assistant Professor in International Business and Research Fellow at the Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) at the University of Limburg.

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE DYNAMICS OF FDI AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 3 A CROSS-SECTIONAL TEST OF THE IDP 4 NATURAL AND CREATED ASSETS AS DETERMINANTS OF FDI 5 GLOBALISATION, HOMOGENEITY AMONG INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES AND DIFFERENCES IN FDI PATTERNS 6 COUNTRY-SPECIFIC FACTORS, TRADE AND FDI PATTERNS OVER THE 1980s 7 TRANSPACIFIC FDI: A FORTY-YEAR VIEW OF CHANGING COMPETITIVENESS 8 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

Editorial Reviews

Narula (international business, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, U. of Limburg) examines the relationship between industrial development and foreign direct investment (FDI) activities, and the interaction between multinational (MNE) activity and economic structure. He analyzes factors including the investment development path, natural and created assets as determinants of FDI, differences in FDI patterns, and country-specific factors, and offers a 40-year overview of transpacific FDI. For scholars in economics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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