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1 online resource (174 pages) |
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| Summary |
How is it that billions of dollars flow through the developing world without altering its reality of poverty and scarcity? Jenny Kehl explores the crucial relationship between foreign direct investment and domestic development, focusing on the wide variation in the capacity of governments to negotiate FDI to the advantage of their citizens. To isolate the influence of political factors, Kehl examines one of the largest foreign investors, General Motors, in its relations with six host countries representing a range of political systems. Her cases, along with her larger statistical study, soundl. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Investments, Foreign -- Developing countries.
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Investments, Foreign. |
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Developing countries. |
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International business enterprises -- Government policy -- Developing countries.
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International business enterprises -- Government policy. |
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Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Kehl, Jenny Rebecca. Foreign Investment and Domestic Development : Multinationals and the State. Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, ©2009 9781588266330 |
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9781626373471 (electronic book) |
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1626373477 (electronic book) |
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