Increasingly topical is the question of which development strategies work best for newly industrialised countries. This book offers an up-to-date assessment of development theories leading to clear policy prescriptions.
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This book presents insights from cutting-edge international business and management research relating to Africa. Economic growth and foreign investment in the region remains strong, despite some slowing down in recent years. This trend of economic growth and its impact on intern…
Comprises ten papers which evaluate the sustainability of the economic recovery of the ASEAN countries after the regional financial and economic crisis. Examines the challenges and competitiveness of these economies and addresses human social issues such as food security, povert…
In the aftermath of the 1997/1998 Asian financial crisis, there are signs that in Malaysia, corporate governance practices are gradually converging towards the Anglo-American model. Drawing on three key theoretical lenses, namely agency theory, institutional theory and resource …
As foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown rapidly with world integration, numerous new challenges have confronted the global trading system. Both developed and developing countries have attempted to reach bilateral and multilateral investment agreements, but, instead, dispute…
In a world where foreign direct investment (FDI) has been growing rapidly, the issue of whether FDI and trade are substitutes or complements remains an important question. The theory behind FDI assumes substitution, but empirical research has also found evidence of complementari…
The capital required cannot be generated in the Least Developed Countries (LDC's) themselves because of the inflexible and inexorable constant of low incomes, the vicious circle of poverty and stagnation, and the lack of profitable investment opportunities with their inherently …
This paper analyzes the impact of foreign direct investment on domestic financial markets—more specifically on the credit constraints of domestic firms. It has been argued that FDI has a negative impact by crowding out domestic firms or by reducing profitability via product mark…
The history, culture and ethnic diversity of the Republic of the Indonesia make it a highly complex country. With an area as vast as the whole Europe, at the crossroads of the Indian and Pacific oceans, having abundant natural resources, a dynamic population which is the fourth …
The purpose of this research is to analyze the political and economic arrangements of developing countries that successfully attract and utilize foreign investment for development, in comparison to countries that do not demonstrate this capacity. The research focuses on foreign …
The purpose of this study is to look into the various elements of Nigeria's investment policies that made it very difficult for foreign capital owners to invest in the economic future of that country. These elements are similar to those ones instituted by various countries in Su…
DFI contributes enormously to world development. Yet, very few studies measure the impact of DFI inflows on the aggregate economy. On the other hand, developing countries have undertaken extensive liberalization programs in order to effect structural change and attract DFI but l…
In the thesis, were presented all chronological periods of the most costly crisis in the world and in Kazakhstan since independence 1991 and the impact of the current Covid crisis on the Republic of Kazakhstan economy. Crisis events took place in the both items: global economy a…
This dissertation studies a special feature about the international financial market. Classical theories often assume that countries are symmetric, but realistically the international financial market is heavily US dollar dominated, which stimulates my interest to study whether …
Infrastructure is a popular unit of analysis among geographers and planners. The broad field of infrastructure studies provides a means of exploring the ways in which we materialize certain aspects of our communities. This study mines the extensive research into infrastructure a…
The role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the industrial restructuring of developing countries is of concern to host countries. Nowadays, most countries compete for international investment. Every country, including Indonesia, is aggressively attracting inward FDI to furthe…
Essay 1: Most of studies on developing countries have found evidence that international linkages, such as foreign ownership, exporting, or importing, affect productivity growth, but since these variables are correlated, it is hard to distinguish among their effects. This paper t…
This dissertation contains three distinct studies that explore aspects of the phenomenon of country risk. For U.S. firms in particular, the Iran crisis and passage of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act raised the perceived importance of country risk. Various primarily Western org…