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Third World multinationals : : the rise of foreign investment from developing countries

This book explores the question of why firms based in developing countries have chosen to invest in branches, joint ventures, and wholly owned subsidiaries overseas rather than simply export goods or enter into licensing arrangements abroad. In addition to the cost of transport, tariff barriers, and...

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Main Author: Wells, Louis T.
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c1983..
Subjects:
Corporations -- > Developing countries.
Entreprises mutinationales -- > Pays en voie de développement.
Corporations -- > Pays en voie de développement.
Buitenlandse investeringen.
Entreprises multinationales -- > Pays en voie de développement.
Direktinvestition
Investition
Auslandsinvestition
Corporations, Foreign -- > Developing countries.
Investissements étrangers -- > Pays en voie de développement.
International business enterprises -- > Developing countries.
Internationale ondernemingen.
Multinationales Unternehmen
Entwicklungsländer
Developing countries -- > International business enterprises.
Developing countries -- > Corporations.
Foreign investment by multinational companies from developing companies
Online Access:https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780262231138.pdf
Summary:This book explores the question of why firms based in developing countries have chosen to invest in branches, joint ventures, and wholly owned subsidiaries overseas rather than simply export goods or enter into licensing arrangements abroad. In addition to the cost of transport, tariff barriers, and import restrictions, it identifies a number of less apparent factors, such as the motivations of managers in wanting to go abroad, the meshing of technological levels, ethnic ties, and the desire to protect proprietary processes and competitive advantages.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:viii, 206 p.; 24 cm..
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. [193]-200.
ISBN:0262231131
9780262231138

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