This article explores the main features of outward foreign direct investment by Russian corporations and some of the implications of their recent rise to global prominence for the theories of international investment. Surprisingly, lower middle-income Russia is a net capital exporter, and some...

The life sciences sector (and biotechnology in particular) has emerged as a prospective area, and attracted a lot of attention recently. Multinational companies in the life sciences seek to explore new markets, and, on the other side, governments strive to develop the life sciences sector...

The life sciences sector (and biotechnology in particular) has emerged as a prospective area, and attracted a lot of attention recently. Multinational companies in the life sciences seek to explore new markets, and, on the other side, governments strive to develop the life sciences sector...

This article explores the main features of outward foreign direct investment and transnational corporations from Russia since 1991. The universe of Russian transnational corporations shows a great variety in its ownership structures, motivations and strategies to invest abroad. There are...

This chapter examines the question if inward foreign direct investment (FDI) is still a major source of growth and structural transformation in the 11 Central and Eastern European (CEE) member countries of the European Union in the post-crisis era. In other words, does FDI still follow a double...

In December 2014, the Russian Federation plunged into a crisis again, the fourth one in a quarter of a century. Crises came in pairs, just like earthquakes and aftershocks: 1992-1996, followed by 1998; then 2009, followed by the current one. The new crisis will affect the economic prospects of...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is far from being a new phenomenon; its spectacular rise and dispersion are. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, there were researchers who already noted the presence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the need for economic theory to explain their activities (for...

This article analyses the contribution of foreign direct investment to structural change in various groups of economies in transition: new European Union member countries (including Bulgaria and Romania), South-East Europe (excluding Bulgaria and Romania), and the Commonwealth of Independent...

This article explores the future of Russian outward foreign direct investment in the aftermath of the crisis of 2008–2009. As it is too early to analyse the full impact of the crisis, it develops hypotheses about the degree of slowdown in the foreign expansion of Russian transnational...

In March 2013, Eurozone members and the International Monetary Fund offered a €10 billion rescue loan for fellow member Cyprus – representing more than half of its gross domestic product. Bailout would come with conditions, which will weaken Cyprus' traditional role as an offshore financial...