Technological Innovation and Third World Multinationals / Edition 1

by Paz Estrella Tolentino

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415048071
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/11/1993
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Paz Estrella Tolentino

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 Trends in foreign direct investment 3 The theories of international production 4 The theories of Third World multinationals 5 The concept of an investment development cycle: some econometric testing 6 The role of foreign technology in the development of Third World multinationals 7 The dynamic interdependence between inward and outward investment in the Philippines 8 A profile of Philippine multinationals 9 The industrial development of Third World outward investment 10 The geographical development of Third World outward investment 11 In conclusion: implications for theory and policy