Firms are pressured to operate globally to reap the benefits of other locations through foreign investment. This phenomenon occurs not only among multinational enterprises from developed countries but also younger multinational enterprises from developing countries. Various factors induce them...

Macro statistics on foreign direct investment (FDI) are blurred by offshore centers withenormous inward and outward investment positions. This paper uses several new datasources, both macro and micro, to estimate the global FDI network while disentangling realinvestment and phantom investment...

Retail in India has a good growth potential but this sector is the least evolved with the growth of organized retail being substantially slow. In such a scenario, the government of India in early 2013 allowed 51 percent FDI in multi-brand retail. FDI plays an important role in the economic...

This text presents a critical review of theoretical approaches to Foreign Direct Investment. Since, in recent years, the contribution of emerging markets to FDIhas increased (especially on less advanced markets), it is interesting to define how the existing theory can explain the new players...

The main aim of the article was to analyze the motives behind the FDI decisions of Chinese companies' capital engagement in Central and Eastern Europe. The article examines the applicability of existing theoretical concepts towards Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI). Chinese OFDI...

Overseas investors’ confidence is an important factor that attracts FDI. The tax and regulatory policy in the respective countries can either be a major attraction or repulsion, as far as investor sentiment is concerned. In India, this issue has had many references in the literature. To bypass...

In this empirical study we examine the correlation between the internationalization processes and financial performance of firms by focusing on the emerging market firms (EMNCs) that originate from the BRIC countries. We test the shape of the internationalization - performance curve and explore...

The report focuses on first results of the new project of the EDB Centre for Integration Studies, implemented in partnership with the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of RAS. The study is in addition to the monitoring of mutual investments of the CIS countries,...

Differences in regulations, technical standards and national medical cultures across EU member states created a highly segmented pharmaceutical market in Europe prior to the implementation of the Single Market Programme. The subsequent reduction in non-tariff barriers to trade would be expected...

The paper analyzes the effects of a regionally coordinated profit tax in a model with three active countries, one of which is not part of the union, and a globally mobile firm. We show that regional tax coordination can lead to two types of welfare gains. First, for investments that would take...