Multinational Enterprises, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth in Africa : South-African Perspectives


Bernard Michael. Gilroy
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
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Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag , c2005
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1 online resource (310 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Introduction; On Global Economic Growth and the Challenge Facing Africa; Catching-Up, Falling-Behind and the Role of FDIs; The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Africa; The Global Integration of Africa: The EU-SA Free Trade Agreement and German MNEs in South Africa; The Changing View of Multinational Enterprises and Africa; German Multinationals in Africa; Obstacles Facing German Enterprises in South Africa; Competitive Intelligence in a Foreign Environment: German and Canadian Firms Compared. - Employment Effects of Foreign Direct Investment: A Theoretical Analysis with Heterogeneous LabourHuman Resource Development: A Sine Qua Non for Foreign Direct Investment in South Africa; Conclusions. - How can Africa, the worlds most lagging region, benefit from globalisation and achieve sustained economic growth? Africa needs greater investment by Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) to improve competitiveness and generate more growth through positive spill-over effects. Despite the fact that Africas returns on investment averaged 29 per cent since 1990, Africa has gained merely 1 per cent of global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows. The challenge for African countries is how to be a more desirable destination for FDI. The study integrates three currents of economic research, namely from th
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379080276X

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