ABSTRACT This study attempted to estimate the environmental impact of Foreign Direct Investment in the mining sector in Nigeria. It is argued that only those countries that have reached a certain income level can absorb new technologies and benefit from technology diffusion‚ and thus reap the extra advantages that FDI can offer. The mining industry in Nigeria is dominated by oil. Indeed‚ Nigeria is the largest producer of this commodity in Africa and sixth largest producers in the world. This research
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describe the benefits of foreign portfolio Investment‚ the advantages in investing internationally and lowering overall risk by diversifying in these markets. Secondly‚ we will take a look at the returns in investing in Brazilian securities and Brazil’s competitive and comparative advantages as the country of choice for our international venture. Finally‚ we will analyze Brazil’s cultural convergence and diversity. The recent surge in international portfolio investments reflects the globalization
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INDIA’S INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT AN OVERVIEW 2 India’s International Trade Towards Increased Global Integration through Trade Exports Imports Total India’s Merchandise Trade Turnover increased from US$95 bn in FY02 to 414 CAGR: 24.5% (2002-08) 30.3% 27.8% US$ 391 bn in FY08 (CAGR of 27.8%) India’s Exports increased from US$44 312 252 195 114 61 53 142 149 112 78 64 84 103 126 163 186 251 bn in FY02 to US$ 163 bn in FY08 (CAGR of 24.5%) India’s Imports increased
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1990s due to the belief that attracting multinational firms would create more job opportunities and eventually better off for the whole economy. There have been some evidences that foreign direct investment (FDI) benefited developed countries’ economy. Recently‚ the Australian government has proposed a new policy that would give fairly large incentives to foreign direct investors. However whether the FDI would benefit Australia’s automobile industry and textile industry‚ is questionable‚ and needs to
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FOREIGN COLLABORATIONS IN INDIA A Study of Patterns in the Pre and the Post- liberalisation Era Prof. Krishna Kumar Indian Institute of Management‚ Lucknow (India) ABSTRACT Developing countries like India have been using import of technology through foreign collaboration as a strategy to bridge the technological gaps in the country‚ to expedite economic development. There have not been many studies‚ however‚ to understand its impact and implications for technological capacity building of
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Project title: Spillover effects of FDI: Do domestic manufacturing firms benefit from foreign direct investment in Vietnam. Introduction Back in the 1990s‚ foreign direct investment (FDI) became the largest source of external finance for many developing countries. In Vietnam in particular‚ the Law on Foreign Investment promulgated in the 1986 Congress to attract FDI was considered the first step of the doi moi (renovation) reform. The cumulative FDI increased from 28 projects of total US$ 140
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ISSUES IN GLOBAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Factors Influencing Foreign Direct Investment The world is becoming a global village and more companies are now operating at an international level. This essay critically analyses some of the factors which influence Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Morrison (2006) defined FDI as the establishment of a company of a productive nature in a foreign country involving large volume of shareholding in foreign operations. The essay will investigate how important FDI
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service and capital etc. have begun to span the geological border of each country and been widely circulated in the world under the promotion of the globalization. Especially the capital internationalization whose main form is international direct investment is the most frequent. The capital internationalization includes two dimensional contents: on one hand‚ it’s an international of investor structure; on the other hand‚ it’s also an international of enterprise organization structure‚ including
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Ireland’s Tiger Economy was not driven by the FDI Summary: The unprecedented revival of the economy in Ireland between 1990 and 2000 has raised a hot debate around the world centers on whether the boom of the economy is mainly driven by the FDI and whether the growth can be sustained by this government policy. Although most of people contributed the success to the FDI I strongly believe that the Celtic Tiger is not due to the FDI and in fact the policy will not help sustain the growth of Ireland’s
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aspects related to multinational corporate operations‚ primarily in the closely related terms of Foreign Direct Investment and international trade. Cases of violating human and civil rights‚ shady lobbyism and pressure on state authorities‚ aggressive exploitation of socially and economically disadvantaged groups‚ unsustainable and environmentally endangering management of natural resources on foreign territory and others have arisen suspicion that multinational enterprises rarely‚ if ever‚ adhere
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