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Sheila Page’s chapter presents some interesting conclusions. She emphasizes that investment is made by companies and not countries, and that companies invest to make money, to overcome import barriers and to reduce costs to be able to compete.
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Aziz, S., Van Marion, M.F. (1998). Discussion. In: Memedovic, O., Kuyvenhoven, A., Molle, W.T.M. (eds) Globalization of Labour Markets. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6229-0_7
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