Both exploitation of Natural resources and activities of multinational corporations in developing countries have independently been subjects of vehement discussions surrounding the oil or in a wider sense raw material crisis emerging from the embargo of OPEC countries in 1973 and those on the...

European integration is expected to enhance the attractiveness of EL) countries for domestic and foreign investors. This has caused concerns in developing countries that foreign direct investment there may be diverted to Europe. In preparing for the Single Market, European companies have indeed...

The outstanding world market success of East and Southeast Asian countries (ESAEs) provides lessons for Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) striving to penetrate Western markets, even though starting conditions were strikingly different between these country groups. While ESAEs...

Es ist kaum ein Zufall, daß sich die ausländischen Direktinvestitionen in andere Regionen verlagerten, solange der Standort Lateinamerika durch Überschuldung, ökonomische Stagnation und eine allenfalls begrenzte Reformbereitschaft gekennzeichnet war. Die jüngste Wiederbelebung der...

Direktinvestitionen fördern die Kapitalbildung in Entwicklungsländern, vermitteln betriebswirtschaftliches Können und übertragen technologisches „know-how". Aus diesem Grunde haben seit den fünfziger Jahren Entwicklungs- und Industrieländer Direktinvestitionen verschiedenartig...

Since the 1980s, competitive pressure has increased in the world economy. In addition to traditional trade flows, the globalisation of production and markets has greatly enhanced the complexity of the international division of labour. Declining transaction and information costs have stimulated...