Foreign Direct Investment: Firm and Host Country Strategies

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
1 Introduction......Page 14
Part I: Firm Strategies......Page 26
2 Modes of International Investment......Page 28
3 Why Do Multinationals Seek Out Joint Ventures?......Page 43
4 MNC Entry Strategies: New Ventures or Acquisitions?......Page 55
5 R&D Activities in Affiliates of Swedish MNCs......Page 62
6 Intra-firm Trade and Swedish Multinationals......Page 76
7 MNCs and Structural Adjustment in Latin America: Lessons from the Debt Crisis......Page 94
Part II: Host Country Strategies......Page 112
8 Multinational Corporations and Spillovers......Page 114
9 Multinational Corporations and Productivity Convergence in Mexico......Page 147
10 Technology, Market Characteristics and Spillovers......Page 173
11 Local Technological Capability and Productivity Spillovers from FDI in the Uruguayan Manufacturing Sector......Page 190
12 Productivity Spillovers from Competition between Local Firms and Foreign Affiliates......Page 200
13 Policies to Encourage Inflows of Technology through Foreign Multinationals......Page 216
14 Host Country Competition, Labour Skills, and Technology Transfer by Multinationals......Page 234
Bibliography......Page 245
Index......Page 256