inward FDI stocks. For a panel of five advanced economies from 1980 to 2006 it is shown that price competitiveness, stable …-Saxon legislation also play a role. Financial competitiveness in turn encourages FDI inflows whereas it benefits fixed investment …

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has received enormous inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in recent years … perspectives on their relative importance for the three countries involved. We also analyze the industrial composition of FDI flows … over time. US FDI flows to the PRC have been less concentrated in manufacturing than average for investors in the PRC while …

There are four major modes through which firms undertake foreign direct investment (FDI): merger and acquisition (M …&A), joint venture, new plant, and others. The four modes of FDI are distinct from each other, and each has its own unique … advantages and disadvantages. While a large and growing empirical literature examines the determinants of FDI, very few studies …

overall corporate governance may have a negative effect on M&A activity. Since M&A foreign direct investment (FDI) is a cross …-border variant of M&A, stronger corporate governance may also reduce M&A FDI. Hence, we use firm-level evidence from Japanese FDI … into the United States to investigate the effect of US corporate governance on Japanese M&A FDI. Our results indicate that …

inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in response to Japan's export regulations. In doing so, we analyze the current … particularly affected by Japan's trade regulations. Design/methodology – Based on the analysis of five successful inward FDI cases … consider various factors pertaining to successful inward FDI in Korea and propose valuable investment attraction strategies …

Globalisation through international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and international movements of labour is a … penetration, stock of inward FDI relative to GDP and foreign workers as a share of employment, reflecting the legacy of policies … comprehensive approach, including; i) reducing barriers to FDI and imports, particularly in agriculture, through multilateral trade …

direct investment (HFDI), pure platform FDI (PFDI), and complex platform FDI (CFDI). Using data on Japanese outward FDI, we …