Multinational Investment and Economic Structure

Taylor & Francis

The authors discuss the extent and impact of foreign direct investment and multinational activities on the structure and development of individual economies in the industrialised world. > \nMultinational Investment and Economic Structure examines the relationship between industrial development and foreign direct investment (FDI) activities, and the interaction between multinational (MNE) activity and economic structures. It deals with the changing structure of the world economy as a whole, and the dynamics of the relationship between industrial development and the extent of FDI activities across countries. It evaluates the concurrent (and interrelated) evolutionary processes behind economic growth and MNE activity and how these evolutionary forces impact on the economic structure of individual economies in the industrialised world as their economies converge through globalisation. > 1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE DYNAMICS OF FDI AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 3 A CROSS-SECTIONAL TEST OF THE IDP 4 N.