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The Global Race for Foreign Direct Investment

Prospects for the Future

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Lars Oxelheim

    1. The Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research, Stockholm, Sweden

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Table of contents (10 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Introduction

    • Lars Oxelheim
    Pages 1-10

  3. Foreign Direct Investment and the Liberalization of Capital Movements

    • Lars Oxelheim
    Pages 11-49

  4. Prospects for the World Economy

    • Kjell Andersen
    Pages 51-69

  5. The International Competition for Investment

    • Richard J. Sweeney
    Pages 71-106

  6. International Direct Investment Patterns

    • John H. Dunning
    Pages 107-132

  7. The Instability of the International Financial System and Its Implications for Trade and Investment

    • Gunter Dufey
    Pages 133-150

  8. The Role of Mergers and Acquisitions in Foreign Direct Investment

    • Ingo Walter
    Pages 151-175

  9. Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Market Countries

    • Thomas L. Brewer
    Pages 177-203

  10. The Role of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment

    • Thomas Andersson
    Pages 205-231

  11. Globalization and the Future Role of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

    • Pontus Braunerhjelm
    Pages 233-269

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 271-273
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About this book

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has become the prime engine to foster growth and to facilitate the restructuring and internationalization of formerly sheltered areas during the 1980s. This book deals with future prospects for FDI and provides answers to some critical questions at the beginning of the 1990s: Will the unprecedented high rate of growth of FDI in the 1980s continue for the rest of the twentieth century and beyond? If so, which will be the major recipient countries, source countries and sectors involved in these transactions? The general approach of each chapter is to review the factors that prompted the expansion of FDI during the 1980s. Their value as driving forces in the future is then assessed together with some new factors. The book contains nine chapters. The first four deal with general issues such as: Will the restrictions on capital flows be reimposed? What are the prospects for the world economy? Which ingredients will shape the global competition for investment? What are the likely patterns of FDI to emerge in the next decade? The remaining five chapters are devoted to special issues such as: How will increased instability in the financial system influence trade and FDI? What role in future FDI will merger and acquisition (M&A) activities play? What influence will the emerging market economies have on the global distribution of FDI? Will the Japanese continue to be the major foreign direct investors in the future? Will FDI from small and medium-sized firms gain momentum as they become more exposed to international competition and as their customers get increasingly involved in FDI?

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research, Stockholm, Sweden

    Lars Oxelheim

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Global Race for Foreign Direct Investment

  • Book Subtitle: Prospects for the Future

  • Editors: Lars Oxelheim

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78309-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-78311-1Published: 16 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-78309-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 274

  • Topics: International Economics, Finance, general

  • Industry Sectors: Finance, Business & Banking

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