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EMERGENCE OF THE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT THEORY: REVIEW

Year 2001, Issue: 17, 73 - 82, 31.12.2001

Abstract

Foreign Direct Investment as transmitted to hoşt countries by multinational corporations has generated lots of books, articles and papers which have examined the motivation for and and the impact of this phenomenon. The aim of this paper is to provide a selected review on the Foreign Direct Investment theory. It starts with the contributions of Hymer and ends up with the recerît developments. Overall literatüre on this field shows that this very important form of intemational resource transfer stays in the midddle of intemational trade theory and the theory of industrial organization.

References

  • Aliber , R., (1970) A theory of Foreign Direct Investment, ed. Kindleberger C., The International Corporation: A symposium, MIT Press Press, Cambridge
  • Ahoroni, Y., S. Hirsch, (1993), Enhancing The Competitive Advantage of Developing Countries In Technology Intensive Industries: A Conceptual Scheme and Policy Implications, Copenhagen Business School Working Paper pp. 1-93, Copenhagen
  • Buckley, Peter J., (1992), New Directions in International Business: Research Priorities For The 1990’s, Edvvard Elgar Publishing Limited, England
  • Buckley, Peter J. and Ghaun N. Pervez, (1993), The Internationalization of the Firm: A Reader, Academic Press Limited, London
  • Casson, M., (1986), Multinational and World Trade, Ailen and Unwin, London
  • Chung H. Lee, (1984), “On Japanese Macroeconomic Theories of Direct Foreign Investment” Economic Development and Cultural Change vol:32 No:4 pp.713-723
  • Culem, Claudy, (1988), “The Locational Determinants of Direct Investment Among Industrialized Countries”, European Economic Review, V.32, Iss.4, pp. 885-904
  • Dunning John H., (1971), Multinational Enterprise, Ailen and Unwin, London
  • Dunning John H., (1988a), Explaining International Production, Unwin Hyman, London
  • Dunning John H., (1988b), “The Eclectic Paradigm of International Production: A Restatement and Possible Extensions”, Journal of Business Studies, V. 19, pp.1-39
  • Graham, E.M., P. Krugman, (1989), Foreign Direct Investment In The US, Institute of International Economics, Washington D.C
  • Hymer, Stephan, (1976), The International Operations of National Firms, The
  • MIT Press, Cambridge
  • Knickerbocker, F. T., (1973) Oligopolistic Reaction and Multinational Enterprise, Harvard University Press, Cambridge
  • Kojima , Kiyoshi, (1985), “Toward a Theory of Industrial Restructuring and Dynamic Comparative Advantage”, Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 26 (December), pp. 135-145
  • Kogut, J., (1983), “ Foreign Direct Investment as a Sequencial Process”, ed. C. Kindleberger, D. Audresch, The Multinational Corporation in the 1980’s, MIT Press, Cambridge
  • Magee, Stephan, (1976), “Technology and The Appropriability Theory of The
  • Multinational Corporation”, ed., Bhagwati J., The New International Economic Order, MIT Press, Cambridge
  • Rugman, A.M., D. Lecrow., L. D. Booth, (1985), International Business: Firm and Environment, McGraw Hill Inc., USA
  • Vemon, Robert, (1966), “International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol.80. pp. 190-207.

EMERGENCE OF THE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT THEORY: REVIEW

Year 2001, Issue: 17, 73 - 82, 31.12.2001

Abstract

Foreign Direct Investment as transmitted to hoşt countries by multinational corporations has generated lots of books, articles and papers which have examined the motivation for and and the impact of this phenomenon. The aim of this paper is to provide a selected review on the Foreign Direct Investment theory. It starts with the contributions of Hymer and ends up with the recerît developments. Overall literatüre on this field shows that this very important form of intemational resource transfer stays in the midddle of intemational trade theory and the theory of industrial organization.

References

  • Aliber , R., (1970) A theory of Foreign Direct Investment, ed. Kindleberger C., The International Corporation: A symposium, MIT Press Press, Cambridge
  • Ahoroni, Y., S. Hirsch, (1993), Enhancing The Competitive Advantage of Developing Countries In Technology Intensive Industries: A Conceptual Scheme and Policy Implications, Copenhagen Business School Working Paper pp. 1-93, Copenhagen
  • Buckley, Peter J., (1992), New Directions in International Business: Research Priorities For The 1990’s, Edvvard Elgar Publishing Limited, England
  • Buckley, Peter J. and Ghaun N. Pervez, (1993), The Internationalization of the Firm: A Reader, Academic Press Limited, London
  • Casson, M., (1986), Multinational and World Trade, Ailen and Unwin, London
  • Chung H. Lee, (1984), “On Japanese Macroeconomic Theories of Direct Foreign Investment” Economic Development and Cultural Change vol:32 No:4 pp.713-723
  • Culem, Claudy, (1988), “The Locational Determinants of Direct Investment Among Industrialized Countries”, European Economic Review, V.32, Iss.4, pp. 885-904
  • Dunning John H., (1971), Multinational Enterprise, Ailen and Unwin, London
  • Dunning John H., (1988a), Explaining International Production, Unwin Hyman, London
  • Dunning John H., (1988b), “The Eclectic Paradigm of International Production: A Restatement and Possible Extensions”, Journal of Business Studies, V. 19, pp.1-39
  • Graham, E.M., P. Krugman, (1989), Foreign Direct Investment In The US, Institute of International Economics, Washington D.C
  • Hymer, Stephan, (1976), The International Operations of National Firms, The
  • MIT Press, Cambridge
  • Knickerbocker, F. T., (1973) Oligopolistic Reaction and Multinational Enterprise, Harvard University Press, Cambridge
  • Kojima , Kiyoshi, (1985), “Toward a Theory of Industrial Restructuring and Dynamic Comparative Advantage”, Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 26 (December), pp. 135-145
  • Kogut, J., (1983), “ Foreign Direct Investment as a Sequencial Process”, ed. C. Kindleberger, D. Audresch, The Multinational Corporation in the 1980’s, MIT Press, Cambridge
  • Magee, Stephan, (1976), “Technology and The Appropriability Theory of The
  • Multinational Corporation”, ed., Bhagwati J., The New International Economic Order, MIT Press, Cambridge
  • Rugman, A.M., D. Lecrow., L. D. Booth, (1985), International Business: Firm and Environment, McGraw Hill Inc., USA
  • Vemon, Robert, (1966), “International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol.80. pp. 190-207.
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Primary Language English
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Elif Yaprak Gülcan This is me

Publication Date December 31, 2001
Published in Issue Year 2001 Issue: 17

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APA Gülcan, E. Y. (2001). EMERGENCE OF THE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT THEORY: REVIEW. Erciyes Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi(17), 73-82.

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