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Direct Investments Abroad

In: Developing Countries as Exporters of Technology

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  • Sanjaya Lall

    (Institute of Economics and Statistics
    Green College)

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The rise of ‘Third World multinationals’ has attracted some attention in recent literature.1 According to the data at hand, a much broader range of developing countries is exporting this form of technology than any other. Almost every Latin American country, and a large number of Asian countries, are the homes of enterprises with some direct investment abroad (no doubt some African enterprises have joined in). While some of the data on developing country capital exports are difficult to construe as the export of local technology — tax havens like Panama, Bermuda and the Bahamas in Latin America and Hong Kong in Asia, seem to be large conduits for capital channelled by developed countries — it is clear that a considerable number of developing country enterprises have developed some source of competitive advantage that enables them to set up and successfully operate affiliates abroad.

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  • Sanjaya Lall, 1982. "Direct Investments Abroad," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Developing Countries as Exporters of Technology, chapter 5, pages 37-44, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-05435-0_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05435-0_5
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