Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1
  • Introduction; 1.1
  • Research questions; 1.2
  • Overview of the book; 1.3
  • Advantages of the present book; References; Chapter 2
  • Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: Theoretical Approaches; 2.1
  • Introduction; 2.2
  • Theories of FDI; 2.2.1
  • Hymer's Contributions to International Business; 2.2.2
  • Internalization Theory; 2.2.3
  • The Eclectic Paradigm; 2.2.3.1
  • Origins and Model Subparadigms; 2.2.4
  • The Investment Development Path (IDP); 2.2.4.1
  • Stage 1; 2.2.4.2
  • Stage 2; 2.2.4.3
  • Stage 3.
  • 2.2.4.4
  • Stage 42.2.4.5
  • Stage 5; 2.2.5
  • Contributions of the Uppsala Model to FDI Theory; 2.3
  • New perspectives in FDI theory; 2.3.1
  • Institutions and FDI; 2.3.2
  • Institutions and International Business; 2.3.3
  • Emerging Economies and FDI; 2.4
  • General model of FDI determinants; 2.4.1
  • Economic Performance Perspective; 2.4.2
  • Institutional Environment Perspective; 2.4.3
  • Absorptive Capacity Perspective; 2.5
  • Conclusions; References; Chapter 3
  • General Institutional Framework of Foreign Direct Investment in Brazil; 3.1
  • Global patterns of FDI.
  • 3.1.1
  • Before the 2008 Global Financial Crisis3.1.2
  • After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis; 3.2
  • Brazil's political economic frameworks in historical perspective; 3.2.1
  • Economic Policies Before the 1990s; 3.2.2
  • Economic Policies From the 1990s to After the Global Crisis; 3.3
  • General framework of FDI; 3.3.1
  • The Restrictive FDI Framework; 3.3.2
  • The Period of Economic Openness; 3.3.2.1
  • Definition of FDI by Brazilian Statistics; 3.3.2.2
  • Formal Institutional FDI Framework; 3.3.2.3
  • Indicators of the Institutional Framework of FDI; 3.3.2.4
  • Bilateral Investment Treaties.
  • 3.4
  • Patterns and strategies of FDI in Brazil3.4.1
  • Evolution of FDI in Brazil; 3.4.2
  • Distribution of FDI by Country and Region of Origin; 3.4.3
  • Sectoral Distribution of FDI; 3.4.4
  • Regional Distribution of FDI; 3.5
  • FDI strategies; 3.5.1
  • Brief Overview; 3.5.2
  • FDI Strategies in the Postreform Period; 3.5.3
  • Market-Seeking FDI Strategy; 3.5.4
  • Resource-Seeking FDI Strategy; 3.5.5
  • Asset-Seeking FDI Strategy; 3.5.6
  • Efficiency-Seeking FDI Strategy; 3.6
  • Some final remarks; References; Chapter 4
  • Determinants of Inward FDI in Brazil; 4.1
  • Economic performance and FDI.
  • 4.1.1
  • Model and Method4.1.2
  • Results and Discussion; 4.2
  • Institutions, the global financial crisis, and FDI; 4.2.1
  • Model and Method; 4.2.1.1
  • Dependent Variable; 4.2.1.2
  • Independent Variables; 4.2.2
  • Model Estimates and Discussion; 4.2.2.1
  • Arrangement 1: Economic Performance Effects; 4.2.2.2
  • Arrangement 2: Institutional Effects; 4.2.2.3
  • Arrangement 3: Global Financial Crisis Effects; 4.3
  • Industry effect; 4.4
  • Some concluding remarks; References; Chapter 5
  • Evolution and Determinants of OFDI; 5.1
  • Introduction; 5.2
  • OFDI from Latin America: different cycles.
  • 5.3
  • Evolution and patterns of OFDI from Brazil.