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Successful Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Saudi Lessons and Recommendations

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The internationalization activity of firms has received increasing research attention among scholars during the last decade due to the significant contribution of this movement to the economic and social development in both home and host countries (Akbar and McBride 2004; Jansen and Stockman 2004).

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  1. Management & Marketing Department, Al Yamamah University, 45180, Riyadh, 11512, Saudi Arabia

    Marwan N. Al Qur’an

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  1. Petroleum & Minerals, Dept. Economics & Finance, King Fahd University of, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

    Mohamed A. Ramady

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Qur’an, M.N.A. (2012). Successful Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Saudi Lessons and Recommendations. In: Ramady, M. (eds) The GCC Economies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1611-1_13

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