UID:
almafu_9959226812602883
Format:
1 online resource (283 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-203-26295-6
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1-280-05092-6
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9786610050925
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0-203-16791-0
Content:
This examines the relationship between technological growth and outward direct investment from firms in Asia and Latin America which has become increasingly siginificant as these countries develop.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; THE GROWTH OF THIRD WORLD MULTINATIONALS; THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; THE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE GROWTH OF THIRD WORLD MULTINATIONALS; THE THEORIES OF THIRD WORLD MULTINATIONALS; THE ROLE OF FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIRD WORLD OUTWARD INVESTMENT; 2 Trends in foreign direct investment; INTRODUCTION; 1939 TO 1960; 1960 TO 1975; 1975 TO THE PRESENT; CONCLUSION; 3 The theories of international production
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INTRODUCTIONTHE THEORY OF DIRECT INVESTMENT: HYMER; LIMITATIONS OF THE HYMER THEORY OF DIRECT INVESTMENT: THE VIEW OF ALTERNATIVE THEORIES OF THE GROWTH OF THE MNE; THE INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION APPROACH TO THE THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION; THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL FACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION: ALIBER; THE THEORIES OF INTERNALISATION; LOCATIONAL THEORIES OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR; MACROECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION; The product cycle model; The theory of direct investment: the contributions of Kojima and Ozawa; The concept of an investment development path
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The concept of stages of development in international productionTHE THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION BASED ON OLIGOPOLISTIC COMPETITION; THE ECLECTIC PARADIGM OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION; CONCLUSION; 4 The theories of Third World multinationals; INTRODUCTION; THE PRODUCT CYCLE MODEL (PCM); The product cycle model (PCM) Mark I; The product cycle model (PCM) Mark II; Criticisms of the product cycle model; The product cycle model and Third World MNEs; THE THEORY OF LOCALISED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; THE THEORY OF TECHNOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION; CONCLUSION
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5 The concept of an investment development cycle: some econometric testingINTRODUCTION; THE INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT CYCLE; ECONOMETRIC TESTING OF THE INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT CYCLE; Cross-section analysis; The period 1960-75; The period 1976-84; The period 1960-84; The period 1960-5; The period 1966-70; The period 1971-5; The period 1976-80; The period 1981-4; Improvement of fit of the quadratic cross-section equation; The period 1960-75; The period 1976-84; The period 1960-84; The period 1960-5; The period 1966-70; The period 1971-5; The period 1976-80; The period 1981-4; Time-series analysis
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The period 1960-75The period 1970-84; The estimation of the coefficient of the time trend dummy variable for the period 1960-84; CONCLUSION; 6 The role of foreign technology in the development of Third World multinationals; INTRODUCTION; THE ROLE OF FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; THE COSTS OF FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRANSFER OF KNOW-HOW VS KNOW-WHY: IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; MODALITIES OF FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
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THE THEORY OF TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE AND THE THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-28357-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-04807-9
Language:
English
