The main objective of this paper is to examine the determining factors of outward FDI from four major OECD investors US, Germany, France and the Netherlands to developing countries located in different world regions. Our goal is to elucidate whether the motivation for FDI differs among these...

The main objective of this paper is to examine the determining factors of outward FDI from four major OECD investors US, Germany, France and the Netherlands to developing countries located in different world regions. Our goal is to elucidate whether the motivation for FDI differs among these...

Seit geraumer Zeit werden die Auswirkungen der Geschäftsaktivitäten von weltweit tätigen Unternehmen (Transnational Corporations, TNCs) auf Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländer kontrovers diskutiert. Im Gefolge der Globalisierung treten Risiken und negative Effekte immer deutlicher hervor,...