Multinationals in Eastern Europe

by P. Artisien-Maksimenko (Editor)

Overview

This study identifies and analyzes the extent to which the transition economies of Central Europe, Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus are likely to attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI) at the start of the new century and beyond. Although these countries have been growing recipients of FDI, multinationals have, to date, been slow to commit large investment sums. The book assembles a group of established and internationally respected contributors, whose objective is to draw out common characteristics and problems which the East European countries share, and which are likely to influence their economic strategies, both nationally and internationally.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333792940
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/07/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	382
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

YURI ADJUBEI Member of the Trade Division, United Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva JOHN H. DUNNING Emeritus Professor of International Business, University of Reading PHILIP HANSON Professor of Economics, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham GABOR HUNYA Research Economist, Institute for Comparative Economic Studies, Vienna WLADYSLAW JERMAKOWICZ Professor of Business, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville MICHAEL KASER Visiting Professor, Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham and former Professorial Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford CARL H. MCMILLAN Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Economics, Institute of Central and East European Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa TERUTOMO OZAWA Professor of Economics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins MATIJA ROJEC Assistant Professor, University of Ljubljana and Senior Research Fellow, Slovene Institute of Macroeconomic Ananlysis FAYE SINCLAIR Former economic adviser to the Centre for Privatization, Investment and Management, Kiev JOHN SLATER Former member of the Secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva ALEXANDRA SWETZER Member of the Secretariat of the United Nations Office, Geneva ALENA ZEMPLINEROVA Professor of Economics, Centre for Economic Research, Charles University, Prague

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures Foreword; M.Kaser Preface Notes on the Contributors PART I: MULTINATIONALS IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES Multinationals in Eastern Europe: An Overview; P.Artisien-Maksimenko & M.Rojec Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Foreign Direct Investment: Some Theoretical Considerations; J.H.Dunning Multinationals in the Transition to a Market Economy; J.Slater The Legacies for Russia of Soviet Foreign Investment Policy; C.H.McMillan PART II: CENTRAL AND BALTIC EUROPE Hungary; G.Hunya The Czech Republic; A.Zemplinerova Poland; W.Jermakowicz Slovenia; M.Rojec The Baltic States; P.Hanson PART III: RUSSIA AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES Russia; Y.Adjubei The Russian Far East; T.Ozawa Ukraine; F.Sinclair Kazakhstan; Y.Adjubei & A.Swetzer The Trans-Caucasus Republics; P.Artisien-Maksimenko Bibliography Index