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There is a lack of adequate foreign direct investments (FDI) in the emerging markets of West Africa, especially in Nigeria. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that have led to inadequate FDI in Nigeria. Using the political risk model as the theoretical base, th…

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…

In the current era of globalization, the world has experienced unprecedented changes compared to any era of human experience. It is in these changes that operating in the world has become an increasingly complex phenomena dictated by transnational processes. And, it is in these …

This dissertation includes three studies on the use of capital controls in Malaysia. The first two studies focus on empirical investigations of the effectiveness of capital controls. The last study focuses on modeling the determinants of political risk premium associated with po…

This research investigates political risk in the context of service offshoring and the corresponding impact on risk management decisions. The first stage of the study uses the Repertory Grid Technique (RGT), to explore key post-contract political risks experiences within offshor…

This thesis is based on four essays dealing with tourism development and its determinants. Chapter Two explores the different definitions of ‘tourism’ and ‘tourist’, as well as the factors that influence tourism arrivals. We discuss traditional and more recent theories that unde…

Many systematic procedures for investigation of foreign markets have been proposed, mostly by academicians, which usually include evaluation of variables such as political stability, market opportunity, economic condition, cultural unity, legal barriers, physiographic barriers, …