World Investment Directory
World Investment Directory

Author: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Publisher: United Nations Publications

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

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This directory is part of a series, produced by UNCTAD, designed to collate comprehensive data on foreign direct investment (FDI) levels and the activities of transnational corporations (TNCs), the legal framework for FDI and selected bibliographic information on FDI and TNCs in individual countries. This volume covers 19 countries in central and eastern Europe. During the years 1995 to 2001, the region's inward FDI stock quadrupled from $40 billion to $160 billion.

The UN and Transnational Corporations
The UN and Transnational Corporations

Author: Tagi Sagafi-nejad

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2008-10-16

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 0253000696

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Are transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct investment beneficial or harmful to societies around the world? Since the birth of the United Nations more than 60 years ago, these questions have been major issues of interest and involvement for UN institutions. What have been the key ideas generated by the UN about TNCs and their relations with nation-states? How have these ideas evolved and what has been their impact? This book examines the history of UN engagement with TNCs, including the creation of the UN Commission and Centre on Transnational Corporations in 1974, the failed efforts of these bodies to craft a code of conduct to temper the revealed abuses of TNCs, and, with the advent of globalization in the 1980s, the evolution of a more cooperative relationship between TNCs and developing countries, resulting in the 1999 Global Compact.

International Investment Instruments
International Investment Instruments

Author: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Division on Transnational Corporations and Investment

Publisher: United Nations Publications

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9789211126167

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This is the 11th volume in the collection of international instruments relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) and transnational corporations (TNCs). It is divided into three parts and covers: multilateral instruments, including the UN General Assembly resolution 58/4 regarding the convention against corruption; regional and inter-regional instruments, and a number of bilateral instruments.

APEC
APEC

Author: Chia Siow Yue

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9813016922

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Political and academic interest in economic relations among APEC economies and in the APEC process has been gaining momentum. The November 1993 Seattle meetings of APEC ministers and leaders marked a turning point for the APEC forum.APEC: Challenges and Opportunities is the result of the First APEC Roundtable held in June 1994 to analyze the issues involved and explore the future direction of APEC. Two papers provide the background for the analysis of APEC economic relations and the co-operation agenda, one examining security issues in the region and the other, the economic dynamism of East Asia. The next set of papers trace the evolution of the concept of Asia-Pacific economic co-operation, examine the APEC process and structure as well as differences in American and Asia approaches, and explore the likely institutional structure and appropriate agenda for APEC. Also looked into are the trends and patterns of trade and investment interdependence among the APEC countries, the various options for regional trade and investment facilitation, and the cse for an APEC free trade area and an APEC investment code. The two final papers examine subsets of the APEC relationships, namely, the complementary and competitive elements between ASEAN and APEC and between ASEAN and NAFTA.

Cross-Border Investing
Cross-Border Investing

Author: Julia Djarova

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-08

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1402079850

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Cross-Border Investing: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe offers a view that reflects two main hypotheses: -You cannot understand foreign direct investment (FDI) trends and developments unless you understand the company's motives to invest, -You cannot understand a company's cross-border investment decision-making unless you understand what the investment area offers. This is the reason why this text builds up a relationship between the world of companies' decision-makers and that of the policy makers in the public sector. It does so by linking the business processes to the factors that together constitute the location profile of a country or a region. Based on more than 15 years of practical experience as well as research in the field of FDI, Dr Julia Djarova offers a Cross-Border Investment Model to describe the logic behind the decision-making process concerning foreign investments made by companies. The model is illustrated by a number of case studies of multinationals.

The European Economy
The European Economy

Author: Christopher M. Dent

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 1134780672

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The shape of the world economy is changing. Globalisation and regionalism have led to the development of powerful but interdependent economic blocs. Much economic potential has shifted from the Atlantic to the Pacific area. In view of this The European Economy argues that economists need a broader, worldwide base of information if these processes and their effect on Europe are to be fully understood. Topics discussed include: * Europe's experience of the growing trend of regionalism * the single market * plans for economic union * EU enlargement * Europe's triad rivals * EU external trade and trade relations * technology and innovation * environmental issues This fresh approach highlights the issues which will challenge European countries into the twenty-first century.

European Integration and Foreign Direct Investment in the EU
European Integration and Foreign Direct Investment in the EU

Author: Shin Sang-Hyup

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 1998-08-13

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1134714386

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This book addresses the fundamental question why and under which conditions Korean firms increased their investment so heavily in the EU after 1986 and why they and not the Korean government took the initiative in the decision-making process. The author contends that the main reason for the firm's departure from government policy is the belief of t