Where the theory of free competition reigns, developing countries should open their arms to investments from all types of enterprises in order to maximize jobs. Ownership, measured by votes of shareholders or boards of directors, is immaterial to performance. Matters change drastically, though,...

In the period from January through September 2012, the inflow of foreign investment in the Russian economy declined on the previous year by 14.4%, which happened due to a drop in the volume of ‘other’ investments, made on a refundable basis. Their share in the aggregate structure of foreign...

The suspension of economic sanctions and the liberalization of Serbian economic system after the year 2000 led to free space for foreign direct investment. The delay, caused by economic sanctions, in opening the country towards the environment for more than ten years have a great impact to...

International investors with 'footloose capital' have often pushed the host countries into what Keynes (1936) calls a 'beauty contest', which means that they have to give many concessions to attract foreign investment. They receive concessions and leave whenever it suits them and often when the...

We study why foreign private national debt is higher in some countries than others by examining its effect on the governance environment in emerging markets. We also questioned whether countries which have ratified bilateral investment treaties have higher debt as a source of external financing...

Before 1980, outside of the world's few major integrated oil companies, only a handful of energy companies could be considered multinational. In 1999, in addition to the scores of petroleum companies that can be classified as multinational, the scope of many electricity companies and natural gas...

Examines the impact of MERCOSUR on employment in Argentina.

In 2012, a decline in foreign investors’ activities in the Russian Federation was observed. The inflow of foreign investments as a share of GDP decreased by 2.3 p.p. as compared to 2011. Foreign investments concentrated mainly in the industry and the fi nancial sector. In the industry, the...

Analysis of investment attractiveness for regions of Ukraine has been carried out, problems have been pointed out and conditions for spurring investment activity taking into account subdivision of the regions according to the level of investment activity have been determined. Necessity of...

The ICT production system that can be identified in the Province of L’Aquila consists of two segments: the remains of the L’Aquila electronic hub, which has been in crisis since the eighties, and the Marsican area, dominated by the Micron plant. Both clusters were generated by the...