Essays about: "natural resource-seeking"

Found 4 essays containing the words natural resource-seeking.

  1. 1. What Are They Seeking Next?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lina Johansson; Mária Markhed Maxe; Emma Iversén; [2023]
    Keywords : foreign expansion; Foreign Direct Investment FDI ; intrinsic motives for FDI; natural resource-seeking; market-seeking; efficiency-seeking; strategic asset-seeking; experiential knowledge; market-specific knowledge; firm-specific knowledge; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the dynamics between firms’ shifting motives for engaging in foreign direct investments (FDIs) and the experiential knowledge acquired from increased experience and establishment in foreign markets. An embedded case study was performed on the multinational company Duni Group, drawing upon insights from semi-structured interviews with representatives from the case company. READ MORE

  3. 2. Chinese OFDI in Africa. A firm-level analysis of Chinese investments in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lina Åhl; Mika Lönnbro Fukino; [2014-08-12]
    Keywords : China; Africa; FDI; OFDI; motives; economic development;

    Abstract : As a result of the widespread globalization, historically separated markets have merged into one global marketplace and consequently MNEs have been able to disperse their operations abroad. Over the past decades, there has been a shift in the FDI pattern as flows now originate from developing and emerging economies, in particular from China. READ MORE

  4. 3. Changing Patterns of Foreign Direct Investments - A Comparative Study of Chinese Investment Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Brunberg; Felix Miranda Thyrén; [2014]
    Keywords : FDI; China; Sub-Saharan Africa; OLI framework; gravity model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In the light of changing global foreign direct investment (FDI) patterns, economic research has started to pay an increasing amount of attention to China as one of the new main investor countries, and emphasize the implications of this in the world economy. This thesis examines Chinese FDI flows and investor behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and relates this to the academic debate surrounding its perceived controversy. READ MORE

  5. 4. Determinants of Chinese and Russian outward foreign direct investments : evidence from 2007-2008

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Johanna Atterby; Clas Brilkman; [2010]
    Keywords : China; Russia; FDI; OLI;

    Abstract : The purpose:  The purpose of this paper is to identify the determinants Chinese and Russian outward foreign direct investments during the years 2007 and 2008. We also intended to compare them and discuss the similarities and differences between the countries. READ MORE