The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in East Asian Economic Development (National Bureau of Economic Research-East Asia Seminar on Economics)
Contributors: Takatoshi Ito (Editor); Anne O. Krueger (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: July 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780226386751
Subjects: Development economics; International trade; Microeconomics; Foreign Investments; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; East Asia, Far East; Development - Economic Development; Investments & Securities - General; Business & Economics / Economic Development; International - General; Congresses; East Asia; Investments, Foreign
First sentence: Foreign direct investment (FDI) may increase host country productivity through improved resource allocation, increased competition, and expansion of local capabilities through a transfer of (technological) know-how (e.g., Caves 1995; Wang and Blomstrom 1992).