... context often neglected by international management studies. International investments Direct investment Emerging markets Government policy Iran 1. Inward FDIs have a demonstration effect on local R&D activity. By their mere presence in the domestic markets, foreign products...

... advantages in assessing new markets and resources. Again, efficiency gains will result. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 European Union International investments Acquisitions and mergers Transnational companies Greece Modern theories of regional economic integration highlight...

... in order to attract FDI flows to their countries by examining the experience of other countries. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Globalization International investments International business Multinational companies Thus, the company and its management must decide which market...

... publications mostly from their own countries, resulting in the over‐representation in the databases of IJVs, involved in which as partners are firms from their own countries. Joint ventures Strategic alliances International investments Databases Economic changes Bulgaria The results...

... by structural reforms such as trade and investment liberalisation and increased trade and international investment flows promoting growth, altering the composition and geographical distribution of economic activities, stimulating competition and facilitate the international diffusion of technologies having...

... through the significant growth in global regulatory changes throughout the 1990s.The influence of regulation on UK firms' international investment decisions is assessed. Design/methodology/approach Econometric analysis measures the influence of regulation and political risk on 121 UK firms...

... Globalization Economic planning International investments Bulgaria This “isolated” interest of the multinationals is clear from the example of the two Belgian multinationals (Union Miniere and Solvay), which have invested in Bulgaria an amount of around US$400 million (more than 95 percent...

... balance with the GCC. In 2000, the EU exports revenue from the GCC amounted to €29 billion whereas imports amounted to €22 billion. Crude oil represents almost two‐thirds of EU imports from the GCC. Middle East European Union International investments Most Middle Eastern governments have...