One of the consequences of major regulatory reform of the telecommunications sector from the end of the 1970s – particularly, privatization, liberalization and deregulation – was the establishment of a new business environment which permitted former national telecommunications monopolies to...

Purpose: This paper seeks to review the effects of home regulatory institutions on outward FDI (OFDI) in the context of China and discuss the extent to which they can be extended to other emerging markets. We especially compare these empirical studies with theoretical discussions in each...

In this work, with help of econometric analysis we will answer the question to which extent up to date foreign direct investments influenced Montenegro current account. Regression analysis brings to conclusion that if foreign direct investments should increase for 1%, current account deficit...

Despite the fact that one-third of worldwide mergers involve firms from different countries, the vast majority of the academic literature on mergers studies domestic mergers. What little has been written about cross-border mergers has focused on public firms, usually from the United States. Yet,...

Due to the proximity of Canada to the United States, the cultural and business similarities, and the long and generally favorable business relations between the countries, many American companies seriously consider acquiring financially attractive Canadian companies. However, recently these...

The general benefits of attracting FDI, HR and firms are commonly recognized by policy makers and analysts. Although it may seem natural to argue that most regions would like to attract FDI investment because it creates jobs, transfers technology and leads to more trade, existent literature...

This paper studies whether FDI firms employ more workers than domestic firms for each dollar of assets. Using the Orbis database and its ownership structure information, we show that, in most economies, domestic firms tend to employ more workers per asset than FDI firms. The result remains...

Foreign direct investments from India, although not exactly a recent phenomenon, has attracted the attention of scholars only in the recent past. Nevertheless a fairly substantial literature has emerged on the phenomenon of foreign direct investments (FDI) from the LDCs. The published literature...

This paper is based on the EXIM Bank International Trade Research Annual Award 1990 doctoral thesis "Foreign Direct Investments From India: 1963-83". It brings out the trends in direct foreign investments over the period, the patterns of ownership and control, the sources of technology of the...