Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Economies - Corporate Strategy and Investment Behaviour in the Caribbean (Hardcover)

The Carribbean countries of Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad-Tobago represent examples of the increasingly important role played by Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in less developed micro-economies. The increased dependence of these countries on FDI, however, calls to question the attractiveness of the business environment of the region to the foreign investor. This volume examines both the investment behaviour and corporate strategies operating in these three countries, and assesses the factors which influence the motivations, location choices and market entry mode of multinationals making investment in the Caribbean. The degree to which these are shaped by the timing of the investment decision, the type of FDI - market-seeking, resource-seeking or export-seeking - and the country of origin of the investor is also explored. By drawing on core case studies and the use of quantitative analysis, the author highlights key issues relating to corporate strategy and investment behaviour of Multinational Enterprises in the economies of less industrialised countries, including: DT public policy; DT strategic management; DT human resource development, institutional reform and infrastructural

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy
Release date:	February 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Lou Anne A. Barclay
Foreword by:	Alan Rugman
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	294
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-22023-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > International business Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Investment & securities > General Books > Money & Finance > Investment & securities > General
LSN:	0-415-22023-8
Barcode:	9780415220231

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