The ease of starting a foreign investment in various sectors is a relevant consideration for investors seeking to establish an investment project abroad. Two thematic areas will be analyzed in this paper to answer the following questions: Which economies impose equity ownership restrictions on...

The health of a nation is gauged not only by the quantum of FDI it attracts but also the trend it follows. In turn this is dependent on the economic policies formulated and practiced and the willingness of all concerned to engage with global economic practices. Since the early 1990's when the...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is crucial for faster development of the countries that are still developing their economies and trying to reach the developed countries. This flow of new capital strengthens the structural basis of an economy because of long term investments. This implies the...

Forest industry has undergone profound changes since the 1990s. Industry-level consolidation and the rise in international investments are the most noticeable features of this process. Based on reviewing internationalization from internalization and transaction cost, resource based, industrial...

In this study we examine the dynamic causal relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth in Zimbabwe using the modern time-series techniques. Specifically, we employ the ARDL-bounds testing approach to examine the FDI-growth linkage. We also employ the...

Economic theory suggests that FDI reinforced economic growth leading to economic development. The present paper analyses four macroeconomic factors that are affecting FDI inflows in Jordan. However, it examines the long-run and short-run causality relationships among inflation rate (INF), gross...

We build on the work of Edith Penrose to develop a resource-based perspective to the theory of the transnational corporation (TNC). We suggest that trans-border geographical diversification is the result of endogenous growth processes, firms' "productive opportunity", limits to domestic...

Economic growth in Australia has outperformed that in most other OECD countries over the past couple of decades. This paper investigates the factors contributing to economic growth in Australia over the period 1986-2007. Particular focus is placed on the impact of external linkages. A major...

The aim of the paper is to provide an alternative explanation of current flows of FDI to the various Eastern European Countries. The aim is to enrich the current literature on economics of transition with a different perspective. Thus, the author argues that the current situation is a reflection...