pt. 1. Foreign direct investments and public health : defining and connecting the two fields -- pt. 2. The interplay of foreign investment and public health in practice -- pt. 3. Reconciling public health and investor rights in international investment law.

1. Foreign investment and dispute resolution law and practice in Asia : an overview / Vivienne Bath and Luke Nottage -- 2. Investment arbitration in Asia : five perspectives on law and practice / Luke Nottage and J. Romesh Weeramantry -- 3. A passive player in international investment law :...

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The level of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) flows from ASEAN countries has increased rapidly in the past two decades. This book examines OFDI trends and patterns in the ASEAN region, including the impact of the ASEAN Economic Community. It also provides analyses of country policies...

Contents: 1. Multinationals: -- in theory and practice -- 2. From FDI to the MNE: -- Hymer and the roots of ownership advantage -- 3. From innovation to internationalisation: the product cycle model -- 4. From multi-domestic hierarchy to network hierarchy -- 5. Trade and FDI revisited: -- the...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Sandhu, Kernial S. -- Summary Report / Senkuttuvan, Arun -- The Background / Senkuttuvan, Arun -- Opening Address / Keng Yam, Tony Tan -- Conference Papers -- Asian Development in the 1980s: Signals and Suggestions / Katz, Stanley -- Government-MNC Relations...

More than half a decade has passed since the bursting of the housing bubble and the collapse of Lehman Brothers. In retrospect, what is surprising is that these events and their consequences came as such a surprise. What was it that prevented most of the world from recognizing the impending...

In less than three decades, China has grown from playing a negligible role in international trade to being one of the world's largest exporters, a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate outputs, and other goods, and both a recipient and source of foreign investment. Not...