Insufficient capital and foreign exchange have often been portrayed as key constraints to the growth and development of less developed countries. These economies have thus come to rely on foreign direct investment as a means of increasing their capital base and foreign exchange reserves and, via...

Insufficient capital and foreign exchange have often been portrayed as key constraints to the growth and development of less developed countries. These economies have thus come to rely on foreign direct investment as a means of increasing their capital base and foreign exchange reserves and, via...

Since the nineties German enterprises have significantly expanded their direct investments in the industrialised countries. They preferred business locations with higer economic growth and lower labour costs compared to Germany. The geographic distance, the development of German exports into the...

From the middle of the past decade a relatively new phenomenon – a large-scale direct investment outflow (which amount is comparable to FDI inflow to Russia) – is observed in the Russian economy and those investments mainly go to M&A abroad. Special attention is paid to an analysis of...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the role of public and private transparency in attracting inward foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing countries. Design/methodology/approach – The study tests the hypothesis that developing countries with low levels of public and private...