This comprehensive study of the rise of multinational corporations from emerging economies explores the basis of their success. The need to compete internationally characterizes the current phase of globalization, and drives firms to invest abroad at an early stage of their history. Andrea...

The history of global foreign direct investment (Fdi) and of the rise of multinational enterprises is, to a large extent, the history of the global oil industry. In the twentieth century, oil-producing Asia was one of the main destinations of global oil Fdi flows and in the early twenty-first...

L’Afrique australe est dotée de vastes ressources naturelles et d’une main-d’œuvre relativement qualifiée. Elle devrait donc attirer énormément d’investissements directs étrangers (IDE). Mais ce n’est pas le cas. En fait, même l’investissement intérieur est faible, malgré un...

By analysing investment flows and examining the role of foreign direct investment in key industries, this book examines why Southern Africa has not become a magnet for FDI and what it needs to do to attract more investment.