Foreign direct investment
This topic currently groups 4 published articles across 3 issues.
The FDI psychic distance paradox: Myth or reality?
David Alastair Lindsay Coldwell • Tasneem Joosub
Volume 12 Issue 2 · 19 Jan 2018
Psychic distance is derived from the Greek word psychikos which refers to an individual’s mind and distance refers to degree of psychological gap when specific individuals consider subjective and objective phenome…
How to increase FDI flows: a demonstration of the new determinant creation theory for Mexico and Chile
Juan Carlos Botello • Martin Davila
Volume 11 Issue 1 · 27 Oct 2016
In today’s world, Mexico and Chile are nations with growing economic development. Both have different and interesting histories leading to that growth and have had to design in recent years, public policies which…
The FDI-political risk nexus: some new insights
Meghan M. Nelson • Rajeev Sooreea • Gigi Gokcek
Volume 11 Issue 1 · 27 Oct 2016
Most of the existing literature in the FDI-political risk nexus has focused on the creation of economic models to assess foreign investment decisions in the presence of political risk. This is entirely legitimate and va…
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF ECONOMIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Joel Barimah • Josephine Boakye-Mensah • Richmond Osei • Yaw Gyamfi
Volume 01 Issue 1 · 29 Feb 2012
Foreign direct investments (FDI) play a crucial role in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries’ development efforts in present integrated world economies. Yet most SSA countries have not been successful…