Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can benefit host countries by facilitating access to sophisticated technologies, good … consequence, countries trying to attract inflows of FDI need to consider what types of industrial policies will increase the … country's attractiveness to foreign firms. Moreover, different types of FDI are of different value for the host country and …

-financial firms’ international acquisitions. Controlling for traditional firm- and target-country-specific FDI determinants within an …-border investment. We conclude that without explicit consideration of the financial dimension, firms’ FDI decisions cannot be properly … understood. -- FDI ; OLI ; cross-border acquisitions ; cost of capital ; financial strategy ; financial variables …

This paper attempts to measure the size of South-South FDI in developing East Asia and the trends in it, and the … differences between South-South FDI and North-South FDI. Among the comparisons of the two types of FDI we try to summarize are be …, wages, and employment, and how these differ across industries. -- FDI ; East Asia ; South-South ; Economic development …

This paper examines whether and, if so, why source country heterogeneity exists in foreign direct investment (FDI …

decades. South East Asia has been part of this development with rapidly increasing inflows of FDI. However, there are large … variations over time and between countries in the region as regard to the policies towards FDI, and in actual inflows of FDI …. This chapter aims at examining the size of FDI in South East Asia and the trends in it. The main determinants of FDI in …

We analyze how the entry mode of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) affects affiliate R&D activities. Using unique …. -- FDI ; M&A ; R&D, Multinational Firms …

. -- FDI ; Cross-Border Acquisitions ; Multinational enterprises ; Foreign Ownership ; Job Tasks ; Labor Demand ; Skill Groups …