FDI, LOCATION AND COMPETITIVENESS
Editors : John H. DUNNING & Philippe GUGLER

This second volume of the Annual Book Series ‘Progress in International Business is based on selected papers presented at the 32nd EIBA Conference in Fribourg and  addresses some of the critical issues that are demanding the attention of International Business lecturers and researchers. From several angles, The contributions  by top scholars analyse the factors which might explain, and/or influence, the relationship between the competitiveness of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the countries in which they operate. More particularly,  four main issues are dealt with i.e: the recent advances in the determinants and  the strategies of multinational business activities; the determinants of location competitiveness of countries; the competitiveness of emergent and developing countries and the locational responses of both indigenous and foreign-owned firms; and the policy challenges raised by the highly fragmented, and often uncoordinated international regulatory frameworks for FDI. It is hoped the contents of the volume will be of interest to international business scholars, senior executives of multinational enterprises and national policy makers and will contribute to the advancement of  the competitiveness  of firms by engaging in  successful outward investment, and countries in attracting inward foreign direct investment.

CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
SERIES EDITORS’ PREFACE
   Ulf Andersson and Torben Pedersen
INTRODUCTION
   John H. Dunning and Philippe Gugler

A. RECENT ADVANCES IN THE DETERMINANTS AND STRATEGY OF MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY

MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE, IMPERIALISM AND THE KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN STATE
   Mark Casson, Ken Dark and Mohamed Azzim Gulamhussen

ARE MULTINATIONALS SUPERIOR OR JUST POWERFUL? A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE EVOLUTIONARY THEORY OF THE MNC
   Mats Forsgren

THE LOCATIONAL DETERMINANTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN EUROPEAN UNION CORE AND PERIPHERY:  THE INFLUENCE OF MULTINATIONAL STRATEGY
   Dimitra Dimitropoulou, Robert Pearce  and Marina Papanastassiou

B. DETERMINANTS OF LOCATION COMPETITIVENESS OF COUNTRIES

SPACE, LOCATION AND DISTANCE IN IB ACTIVITIES: A CHANGING SCENARIO
   John H. Dunning
MICROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF LOCATION COMPETITIVENESS FOR MNES
   Christian H. M. Ketels

CORPORATE INCOME TAXATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE COUNTRIES AND TAX COMPETITION FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
   Christian Bellak and Markus Leibrecht

C. EMERGENT AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES COMPETITIVENESS AND THE LOCATION OF FIRMS

LOCATION-SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES AND REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS: A STUDY OF FINANCIAL SERVICES MNES IN HONG KONG
   Kirstie Tam, James Newton, Roger Strange and Michael J. Enright

INSTITUTIONAL REFORM, FDI AND THE LOCATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF EUROPEAN TRANSITION ECONOMIES
   John H. Dunning

PARTIAL ACQUISITION: THE OVERLOOKED ENTRY MODE
   Kristian Jakobsen and Klaus E. Meyer

D. TOWARDS A MORE COHERENT INTERNATIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK ON FDI FOSTERING FIRMS' AND LOCATIONS' COMPETITIVENESS

GENERAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT: DEPARTURE FROM THE INVESTMENT AGREEMENT PATCHWORK
   Philippe Gugler and Vladimir Tomsik

ACHIEVING A BALANCE IN THE RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS OF FIRMS/COUNTRIES
   Stephen Young and Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann

OUTWARD FDI FROM EMERGING MARKETS: SOME POLICY ISSUES
   Karl Sauvant

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