Received 11th June‚ 2010‚ Accepted 19th December‚ 2010 Abstract The study analysed the fate of the agricultural sector in relation to foreign direct investment (FDI) in Nigeria. Data for the study were obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s statistical bulletin from 1970 to 2007. Findings revealed that of the seven sectors into which FDI was classified‚ agricultural sector got the least average net flow of investment (N553.6132)‚ while manufacturing and processing sector had the highest mean
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African Journal of Finance & Management‚ Volume 14:1 Bank of Tanzania (2001) Bank of Tanzania (2006) “Report on Foreign Private Investment in Tanzania” Tanzania Investment Report. Recep Kok & Bernur Acikgoz Ersoy (2009) “Analyses of FDI determinants in Developing Countries” International Journal of Social Economics Volume 36: ½ PP 105 – 123 www.emeraldinsight.com Bhinda‚ N and M.Martin (1994) Chege‚ M (1999). “Politics of Development: Institutions and National Governance”‚ Paper presented for Africa
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FDI WILL REVITALIZE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM Education‚ a panacea for the ailing living standard‚ an elixir to the indignant poverty condition‚ a question as well as an answer to the economic disparity and an instrument to measure the prosperity of a nation‚ is a matter of concern for India. Population explosion rate has always been way ahead of literacy rate. Moreover the unfit‚ obsolete‚ and rote learning provided by the existing institutions have aggravated the problem in the
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directly relate to foreign investment; Board of Investment Regulations and its role affect ownership and operation of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Thailand. This paper also provides brief background of Thailand and comprehensive information on the above legal concerns. Furthermore‚ it illustrates how the outcome of these regulations is in favor of FDI and; therefore‚ attract foreign investors to invest in Thailand. Introduction Foreign Direct Investment has recently become increasingly significant
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FDI in Retail is a Great Opportunity Much of the reaction to the opening of retail sector does not take into account an important fact: businesses fail The Union government‚ after the recent petrol price increase‚ may be in a mood for reforms. Opening multi-brand for foreign direct investment (FDI) seems to be the next logical step. Thinking about international retailers‚ the US-based retailer Wal-Mart often springs to mind. Wal-Mart is symbolic of foreign retailers so this is not surprising. It
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company’s corporate-level strategy sets the context for its business level strategy. Our position is that if a corporate level strategy is to succeed‚ the reverse should be the case. That is‚ the process of establishing a sustainable competitive advantage at the business level defines the set of appropriate corporate-level strategies. Another theme stressed in the chapter is that the existence of bureaucratic diseconomies implies a fundamental limit to the profitable pursuit of horizontal and vertical
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investment among the richest countries has been one of the eminent features of the world economy since the mid-1980s. Within this broad trend‚ Europe features prominently as both a home and host to multinational enterprises (MNEs). Not only did many Japanese and American firms invest massively‚ but even the most somnolent European firms appeared to awake to the need to look beyond their own national borders. (Thomsen and Woolcock‚ 1993) In narrow terms‚ FDI is simply all capital transferred
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Internationalisation of service firms * Rise of SMEs * Privatisation / Deregulation of public services 2. Transnational Corporations * Characteristics of TNCs * Spatial organisation of TNC’s activities * Linkages with host economy * FDI and influence on national and regional economies * Case study of TNC 3. Role of the State and Supranational Bodies * Role of state in economic development and its impact on national economies * Supranational bodies and their impact
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Evolution of Country and Firm Specific Advantages and Disadvantages in the Process of Chinese Firm Internationalization Svetla Marinova* University of Birmingham‚ UK John Child University of Birmingham‚ UK Marin Marinov University of Gloucestershire‚ UK *Corresponding Author 1 The Evolution of Country and Firm Specific Advantages and Disadvantages in the Process of Chinese Firm Internationalization Introduction For a long time China has been attracting a huge volume of inward FDI‚ the stock
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international business portal. Copyright © Citibank. All Rights Reserved. Understanding Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Definition Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an extraordinary and growing role in global business. It can provide a firm with new markets and marketing channels‚ cheaper production facilities‚ access to new technology‚ products‚ skills and financing. For a host country or the foreign firm which receives the investment‚ it can provide a source of new technologies‚ capital‚ processes
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