Foreign Investment in Developing Countries

by H. Kehal (Editor)

Overview

This volume examines foreign investment in developing countries both from a theoretical perspective and country specific perspective. It covers strategies to maximize the benefits that draw from the inward investment flow as well as examining foreign investment as a vehicle for international economic integration. The book focuses on foreign investment in the third and fourth largest economies of the world - the Peoples Republic of China and India - in addition to Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349398836
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Edition description:	1st ed. 2004
Pages:	261
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

DALE COLYER West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA GLAUCO DE VITA Principal Lecturer in International Business, Oxford Brookes University, UK RICHARD FLETCHER Univeristy of Technology, Sydney, Australia ASHIMA GOYAL Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India ZUBAIR HASAN International Islamic University of Malaysia, Malaysia SIMRAN KAHAI Assistant Professor of Economics, John Carroll University, Cleveland, USA KEVIN LAWLER Professor of Industrial Organisation, European School of Management, Rome, Italy VEENA KESHAV PAILWAR XLRI, Jamshedpur, India RAMKISHEN RAJAN School of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia BALA RAMASAMY Nottingham University Business School, Malaysia Campus, Malaysia HARENDER H. SAMTANI University of Western Sydney, Australia JAGJIT S. SAWHNEY Retired. Previously an Additional Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India SADHANA SRIVASTAVA Research Scholar, National University of Singapore, Singapore MICHAEL THORPE Curtin University, Perth, Australia P. K. VASUDEVA Director Principal, College of Communication and Management, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chandigarh, India MATTHEW YEUNG Open University of Hong Kong KEVIN HONGLIN ZHANG Illinois State University, USA

Table of Contents

Introduction; H.S.Kehal, H.H.Samtan i & J.S.Sawhney FDI and its Determinants: A Look to the Past, A View to the Future; G.De Vita & K.Lawler Role of Foreign Direct Investment and its Determinants; S.Kahai Inward Foreign Investment and the Chinese Economy; M.Thorpe Maximizing Benefits from FDI and Minimizing its Costs: What do we Learn from China?; K.Honglin Zhang Foreign Investment in India: Riding the Wave; A.Goyal Foreign Direct Investment, Resource Availability and Efficiency in India; V.K.Pailwar European Union's Foreign Direct Investment into Indonesia: Determinants and Threats; B.Ramasamy & M.Yeung Determinants of FDI Flows to Developing Economies: Evidence from Malaysia; Z.Hasan What does the Economic Rise of China Imply for ASEAN and India?: Focus on Trade and Investment Flows; S.Srivastava & R.S.Rajan Foreign Investment, Foreign Trade and Related Issues: Case Study for India and China: P.K.Vasudeva Foreign Direct Investment in the Primary Sector of Mexico; D.Colyer The Impact of Culture on Investment in Emerging Markets; R.Fletcher