ILO pub. Working paper on direct and indirect employment effects of multinational enterprises in export processing zones in Liberia and Ghana - covers ownership, foreign investment, tax incentives, foreign exchange, export earnings, employment creation, working conditions and labour relations....

ILO pub. Working paper on employment effects of multinational enterprises in Belgium - notes the importance of government policy in relation to direct foreign investment, examines employment creation, labour mobility and unemployment trends according to nationality, industrial sector, size of...

The focus of the research is on economic relations between Finland and the United States as well as their effects on the Finnish economy and Finnish-owned firms. A substantial share of the effects are transmitted through indirect channels. In the beginning the roles of the United States in world...

This article examines stakeholder relationships in a conflict situation. The focus of analysis is on how to understand stakeholder relationships as both ethical and strategic, and further, how the interests of different stakeholders become justified. To describe stakeholder relationships, we use...

As manufacturing tariffs have fallen worldwide, the focus of free trade agreements has shifted towards other issues, including: rules governing foreign investment, e-commerce regulations, trade in services, harmonization of technical standards, sanitary and phyto-sanitary regulations, and the...

This paper attempts to explore the proximate determinants of PFI, FDI and FPI in post- reform India using multiple regression analysis. The study finds share prices, corporate tax, labour disputes, fiscal deficit, gross domestic product and urban population form a good combination for attracting...

The paper focuses on the emergence of Russia's multinational companies. It aims to analyse their motives to internationalise as well as the approaches to internationalisation. While relevance of the theoretical perspectives is highlighted, the intention of the paper is to contribute to the...

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,...

This paper analyses the evolution of India's FDI position during the post-independence period in comparison with government policy and levels of industrialization and development. Since independence, India has pursued a strategy of industrialization with active governmental intervention....

Last year’s foreign investment was actually higher than for the years 2008, 2009, and 2010 combined.