International Trade and Finance

Paper Summary:

The paper explores foreign direct investment and how it has changed over the post-war period. The paper also considers its determinants and the costs and benefits that have been accrued by the parties involved.

From the Paper:

"Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can be defined as the process where a firm or an individual provides capital to an already existing firm or a newly established firm. Firms which have such establishments in varying countries are defined as multinational corporations or multinational enterprises MNC's or MNE's. (Jones J and Wren C, 2006). According to the Organization for Economic Development for Economic Cooperation and Development (OCED), FDI is defined as the form of investment that adds or deducts from or that which acquires a lasting interest in an enterprise operating in a given economy. Foreign direct investment occurs when a firm decides or rather opts to acquire an effective share of production in an enterprise located or based in a foreign country with the aim of exerting a long term influence. (Rivera-Batiz L and Oliva M, 2003)."

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