Foreign direct investment in Barbados: a case study of the information service industry

2002 ◽  
pp. 137-166
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Information Service

scholarly journals flipkart.com’s Strategy on Amazon.com’s Entry into India :A Case Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-143
Author(s):  
Padmanabh B
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
Online Retail ◽  
Online Sales ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Government

The online retail industry in India is expected to grow to Rs. 7000 crores by 2015. Its size in 2013 is Rs. 2500 crores. By 2014 India is expected to become the 3rd largest nation of Internet users and this would provide huge potential to the online retail Industry1.Among the major cities in India, consumers in Mumbai topped the chart in doing online shopping followed by Ahmedabad and Delhi2. As per Google study conducted in 2012, 51 percent of the traffic for its Great online shopping festival (GOSF) was due to customers from cities other than the four metros. Referring to the growth in online sales, Nitin Bawankule, industry director, e-commerce, online classifieds and media/entertainment at Google India said, “Top motivators for shopping online include cash back guarantee, cash on delivery, fast delivery, substantial discounts compared to retail, and access to branded products”3.  The E –commerce space in India has seen a lot of action and there are many online players like flipkart.com, Myntra.com, Fabmart, Indiaplaza and Indiatimesshopping. Amazon.com made an indirect entry through Junglee.com. The reason for this indirect entry is the result of government policy towards foreign direct investment.  The Government of India announced in September 2012 the revised foreign direct investment policy in retail. As per this announcement foreign investments are blocked in e-commerce sector while allowing 51 percent FDI in multi-brand retail stores and 100 percent FDI in single brand retail. Amazon has been eyeing the Indian E commerce market which is estimated around $2 billion4.

Foreign Direct Investment and the Flying Geese Model: Japanese Electronics Firms in Asia-Pacific

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W Edgington ◽  
Roger Hayter
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Billiard Ball ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Geographical Patterns ◽  
Japanese Fdi

This paper is a critical examination of the ‘flying geese’ and ‘billiard ball’ models of foreign direct investment (FDI) and their ability to explain the spatial expansion of Japanese electronics multinationals (MNCs) in Asia-Pacific countries from 1985 to 1996. Data on Japanese FDI are analyzed in this region at the aggregate, sectoral, and firm level. The paper commences with a review of the flying geese model, especially that version which interprets Japanese FDI as a catalyst for Asian development, and the billiard ball metaphor which suggests a mechanism for host countries to ‘catch up’ with Japan. The authors then turn to an analysis of Japanese FDI in Asia-Pacific together with employment data for fourteen major firms. This allows an evaluation of the two models in terms of recent geographical patterns of investment and employment growth by electronics MNCs. A special case study of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd (MEI) helps flesh out the evolving geography of Japanese electronics firms in Asia-Pacific. Although the results support the overall patterns suggested by the two models, the authors argue that metaphors and analogies such as flying geese and billiard balls should not be used casually and as a substitute for analysis.

Korean Education and Foreign Direct Investment: Focusing on Entry Modes

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-111
Author(s):  
Lorna Baek ◽  
Jimmyn Parc
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Current System ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Entry Modes ◽  
Korean Education ◽  
International University ◽  
Economic Advancement ◽  
Specific Education

Education is a key for economic advancement. Thus, this study d its development to date. In doing so and by simultaneously analyzing Brain Drain Index and international university rankings comparatively, a number of issues are highlighted as unsatisfactory. In order to overcome the problems presented by the current system, this paper applies a comprehensive entry mode model to education-based foreign direct investment. A case study, benchmarking Singapore, highlights specific education policy amendments regarding liberalization that could also be applicable to the Korean education field, ultimately aiding economic advancement.

On Some Aspects of State-Owned Enterprises' Foreign Direct Investments (SOEs' FDI)

2017 ◽  
pp. 118-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Anna Götz ◽  
Barbara Jankowska
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
International Engagement ◽  
Critical Literature

This chapter seeks to enrich the existing literature by discussing the broader context of international engagement of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). It discusses the rationale for examining foreign direct investment (FDI) done by SOEs and outlines the challenges which need to be addressed in this respect. It provides a brief overview of FDI carried by Polish SOEs. The authors applied the qualitative methodology of critical literature review and descriptive analysis of internationalization of Polish state-controlled firms. This chapter can contribute to the current studies devoted mainly to Chinese or other Asian emerging state-controlled multinationals by adding the Central and Eastern European (CEE), in particular the Polish, perspective. It concludes that given the well-recognised peculiarities of such entities adequate framework needs to be adopted to explore their foreign activities. The Polish multi-case study encompassing nine entities demonstrates that the group can be pretty heterogeneous and indeed can combine the specificity of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and SOEs.

‘The Whole World Is Made in China’: Products and Infrastructures of Dis/Connection

2020 ◽  
pp. 131-154
Author(s):  
Garth Myers
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Global South ◽  
Urban Theory ◽  
Physical Infrastructure ◽  
Economic Understanding ◽  
Made In China ◽  
Nonhuman Agency

The fifth chapter, on products, deals with the global urban literatures around infrastructure, including both physical infrastructure and the economic understanding of infrastructural interconnections of the global urban system. While physical infrastructure dominates in Chinese investments in the global South, southern urban theory has turned attention to people-as-infrastructure. Books and articles about infrastructure in the global South for a decade or more have argued for seeing infrastructure as vital, lively, or alive, including human and nonhuman agency, and this chapter seeks to connect with this trend. It concentrates on trade and foreign direct investment from China in Africa, with a detailed case study of Zanzibar. It then examines the experiences and socio-material infrastructures of African traders in Guangzhou and the PRD.

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