FDI inflows as a percentage ofgross domestic product (GDP)are a good indicator of a nation’s appeal as a long-term investment destination.China's economyis currently smaller than the U.S. economy in nominal terms. FDI as a percentage of GDP in 2022 was 1.0% for China, compared with 1....
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said in its World Investment Report 2023 that global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 12 percent in 2022, while inflows to the Chinese mainland rose by 5 percent to a record $189 billion, mainly in manufacturing and high-tech indust...
FDI spilloversmanagerial spilloverinnovation outcomescompetitive strategyGlobal crises have become our business reality. How can local firms continue to sustain their competitiveness during these crises through innovation? Previous literature emphasized the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, but ...
Data from the World Bank showed that the agreement covers 30 percent of the world's population, contributes about 30 percent of global GDP, and accounts for over a quarter of global trade in goods and services, and 31 percent of global FDI inflows. Drawing upon the RCEP, China has actively...
In an increasingly globalized world,foreign investmentis a powerful force in most nations’ economies. Investors act to take advantage of lucrative investment opportunities abroad, while governments that wish to bolster their economies enact policies to make their countries attractive toforeign investors. ...
Southeast Asian economies saw a rapid increase in privately held debt, which was bolstered in several countries by overinflated asset values. Defaults increased as foreign capital inflows dropped off. Foreign investment may have been at least partially speculative, and investors may not have been pay...
This paper argues that attempts to generalize whether FDI inflows have an overall positive ornegative effect on the performance of indigenous producers in a host country and thebelief that we should be finding consistent evidence on FDI spillovers across manystudies are unrealistic and naive. Using ...
Aid inflows and a negative current account balance are correlated with higher price levels (the latter less strongly) but FDI and remittances are not. We also observe a strong association between inequality and higher price levels, which provides some support for proposition that the ICP may over...
A successful business must manage liquidity and solvency. Liquidity refers to your business’s ability to generate enough current assets to pay current liabilities. Solvency has a long-term focus. If your company can produce cash inflows over the long-term, you can pay for capital expenditures in...
Capital expenditures can help improve a company's operational efficiency and productivity and increase its revenue in the long term. But they often require a significant outlay of money and may also necessitate borrowing. For that reason, companies will typically perform acost-benefit analysisto ...