Foreign investment, development, and globalization : can Costa Rica become Ireland? /

This book engages the question, hotly debated among theorists and policymakers alike, of how a developing country's pursuit of foreign direct investment (FDI) affects its development prospects in a globalized world. Can small latecomers to economic development use high-tech FDI to rapidly expan...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Paus, Eva
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Investments, Foreign > Ireland.
International business enterprises > Ireland.
Investments, Foreign > Costa Rica.
International business enterprises > Costa Rica.
High technology industries.
Globalization.
Investissements étrangers > Irlande.
Entreprises multinationales > Irlande.
Investissements étrangers > Costa Rica.
Entreprises multinationales > Costa Rica.
Industries de pointe.
Mondialisation.
globalism.
Development economics.
Political economy.
International relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Investments & Securities > General.
Economics.
Globalization
High technology industries
International business enterprises
Investments, Foreign
Costa Rica
Ireland
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreign direct investment in the global age : new opportunities for development?
  • High-tech FDI-led growth in small latecomers : an analytical framework
  • The rise of the Celtic tiger
  • The development of knowledge-based assets in Ireland
  • From coffee to computers : high-tech FDI in Costa Rica
  • The Tico tiger that hasn't
  • Lessons from Ireland and Costa Rica.

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