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Author
van Herwaarden Elias
Title
Foreign Direct Investment - Risks and Opportunities. A view from the trenches
Source
Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego. Finanse, Rynki Finansowe, Ubezpieczenia, 2010, nr 26, s. 653-672, Rys., tab., bibliogr. poz. 6
Keyword
Kryzys finansowy, Ryzyko
Financial crisis, Risk
Note
streszcz., summ..
Abstract
The demise of Lehman Brothers drastically impacted global corporate inyestment flows. If Foreign Direct Inyestment (FDI) was still soaring at an all time high before 2008, it practically came to a halt by December of that very year. Not unlike in the early days of this century where the dot-com implosion lead US corporations (the major actors in transnational inyestments) practically reducing outbound FDI to zero-Ievels. Yet, notwithstanding the gloom outlook of UNCTAD's 2010 World Investment Prospects Sur-vey, companies still continue to inyest abroad. And there are signs that global FDI flows are on the uptake again. This paper first focuses on FOI trends and outlooks, with a particular emphasis on Central Europę. It explores what drives companies to invest even in these risky times, how they make inyestment decisions and what steps they take to mitigate risks. It concludes with a discussion of some key location trends covering proyen FDI destinations, FDI 'Hotspots' and so-called 'Under-the-Radar locations' The paper draws on the author's 20 years experience with International corporate inyestment decisions. It does not aspire to distill scientific truths or universally applicable rules. Instead, it seeks to offer insight into the practicalities of foreign direct inyestment decisions or a 'view from the trench-es'. (original abstract)
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Bibliography
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  1. Glossary of Research Economies. Ed. Peter B. Meyer, 4/2/2010. .
  2. Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions versus Greenfield Foreign Direct Inyestment: The Role of Firm Heterogeneity, Yolker Nockę and Stephen Yeaple, 2006.
  3. UNCTAD, Global Inyestment Trends Monitor, Nr. 2, 2010.
  4. UNCTAD, World Inyestment Prospects Survey, May 2009.
  5. Prof. Pankaj Ghemawat, Harvard Business Review, Noyember 2003.
  6. Dennis Donovan, Business Xpansion Journal, September 2002.
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ISSN
1640-6818
1733-2842
Language
eng
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