MGT 3660 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Foreign Direct Investment, Multinational Corporation, Capital Outflow
1 Jul 2019
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Lo 8-1 recognize current trends regarding foreign direct investment (fdi) in the world economy. Lo 8-2 explain the different theories of fdi. Lo 8-3 understand how political ideology shapes a government"s attitudes toward fdi. Lo 8-4 describe the benefits and costs of fdi to home and host countries. Lo 8-5 explain the range of policy instruments that governments use to influence fdi. Lo 8-6 identify the implications for managers of the theory and government policies associated with fdi. Occurs when a firm invests directly in new facilities to produce and/or market in a foreign country (10 percent or more) Flow of fdi the amount of fdi undertaken over a given time period. Outflows flows of fdi out of a country. Inflows flows of fdi into a country. Stock of fdi the total accumulated value of foreign-owned assets at a given time. Increase in both flow and stock of fdi over past 25 years.
