literature review on international investment

Capitalizing on opportunities and mitigating risks associated with international investment is crucial for maintaining sustainable international business operations. Through these interconnected relationships, the research contributes to the understanding of the interdependent forces shaping the global economic paradigm in a unified manner.

We review the theoretical and empirical literature on the economics of foreign direct investment (FDI). We summarize the significant evolution of economic research on

The chapter reviews fundamental theoretical contributions explaining determinants of international trade starting from comparative advantage, neo-technology theories, intra-industry trade, strategic trade policies and ‘New’ New Trade Theory.

Amongst the multiple investments, foreign direct investment (FDI) has a vital influence on the economic growth (EG) of a nation, as a condition to attract investors to develop and improve the economy and the quality of human resources (Simionescu & Naros, 2019).

A growing body of literature is concerned with the factors that determine the inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into a host country. However, hardly any literature has been carried out to provide a systematic literature review (SLR) of the FDI determinants.

This paper presents an overview of the literature on the impact of foreign direct investment. The paper argues that a logi-cal framework is needed to organize existing evidence from research to fill gaps in the literature and make exist-ing evidence more useful in targeting policy making.

A review of research on outward foreign direct investment from emerging countries including China: What do we know? How do we know? and Where should we be heading? Asia Pacific Business Review.

This paper has offered a selective review of the burgeoning literature that exists to date on the relationship between international investment agreements (IIAs) and foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, with a specific focus on inward FDI flows to emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs).

The major part of literature on FDI was based on the assumption of imperfections in goods and factor markets, which led to the birth of the internalization theory, the oligopolistic theory and the most famous OLI approach aka the eclectic paradigm.

This paper aims to provide a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the literature on the role of migration in international trade and investment. We review, summarize and discuss over 100 published papers on the subject, from pioneering country-level studies to nascent firm-level studies that utilize employer-employee data.