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Article: Foreign Direct Investment: U.S. Executives' Perceptions of Competing Asian Nations as FDI Destinations.
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- Business Forum
- Article date:
- June 22, 1999
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Foreign Direct Investment (EDI) is an integral component of the globalization of the world's economy, as well as a key aspect of every nation's economic development efforts. Virtually all nations are eager to attract FDI, as evidenced by the immense financial investments that Cuba has attracted in recent years. (1) Indeed, the success of a given nation in attracting foreign capital is a direct result of that nation's resource attractiveness and the presence and availability of investment opportunities.
In recent years, the social, economic, and political environments governing direct investment in many previously closed or limited nations have undergone something ...