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Foreign direct investment, technology transfer to the South and competition for the North: towards co-operative institutional arrangements between the North and the South?

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  • Zammit, Ann

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The last decade has witnessed a very fast growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) - this both reflects and extends the globalization of production. Although the greater part of FDI is still carried out by multinationals of one advanced country investing in another, a significant and perhaps increasing proportion of multinationals' investment is now taking place in developing countries (the South).

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  • Singh, Ajit & Zammit, Ann, 1997. "Foreign direct investment, technology transfer to the South and competition for the North: towards co-operative institutional arrangements between the North and the South?," MPRA Paper 54935, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    FDI; North-South; multinationals; trade and capital movements; Technology; liberalisation;
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    JEL classification:

    • F0 - International Economics - - General
    • F6 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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