Cover Title Page Copyright Page Book Series Mission Coverage Editorial Advisory Board List of Reviewers Preface REFERENCES Section 1: OFDI in Emerging Economies: Theoretical, Methodological, and Social Aspects Chapter 1: Sourcing Strategies of Firms ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND FDI AND THE NEOCLASSICAL THEORY OF THE FIRM FDI AND MARKET FAILURES FDI AND ALTERNATIVE THEORIES OF THE FIRM FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Chapter 2: Outward Foreign Direct Investment as a Corporate Social Responsibility Challenge ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CSR AND OFDI SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Chapter 3: Dilemmas on OFDI Measuring and Interpreting ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND SELECTED “ORGANIZATIONAL” ISSUES THEORETICAL APPROACH VS. FDI REALITY METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF OFDI STUDIES IN POLAND SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ENDNOTES Chapter 4: Home Country-Specific Determinants of Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Economies ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND EFFECTS OF HOME COUNTRY SPECIFIC FACTORS ON OUTWARD FDI SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Chapter 5: The Role of Governance on Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Market Economies ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND MAIN FOCUS OF THE STUDY AND PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE MEASURING GOVERNANCE DATA AND VARIABLES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2 Chapter 6: Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CONTEXT RECOMMENDATIONS FUTURE RESEARCH CONCLUSION REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Section 2: OFDI in Emerging Economies: Case Studies from Europe Chapter 7: On Some Aspects of State-Owned Enterprises' Foreign Direct Investments (SOEs' FDI) ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND: IDIOSYNCRASIES OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STATE-OWNED MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES: CONTRASTING CONCEPTUAL ISSUES WITH FACTS AND FIGURES SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENT REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ENDNOTES Chapter 8: Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Post-Transition Economy ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND INSTRUMENTS TO SUPPORT INVESTORS IN ACTIVE INTERNATIONALISATION FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ENDNOTES Chapter 9: The Role of Inward FDI for Economic Growth at the Time of Downturn ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND RUSSIA: FDI PROFILE, PATTERNS, AND DYNAMICS ACROSS MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS AND REGIONS ECONOMIC CRISIS AND FDI DYNAMICS SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FURTHER RESERCH DIRECTIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ENDNOTES Chapter 10: Trade and FDI Between the Czech Republic and Portugal ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC ECONOMY BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE PORTUGUESE ECONOMY THE MAIN FACTORS OF TRADE COMPARING BOTH COUNTRIES. MAIN SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES EVOLUTION OF THE CZ-PT TRADE MAIN CZECH AND PORTUGUESE COMPANIES INVOLVED IN TRADE SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Section 3: OFDI in Emerging Economies: Case Studies from Asia Chapter 11: The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Outflows from Turkey ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND DATA AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK EMPIRICAL FINDINGS SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ENDNOTES Chapter 12: Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Economies ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION TURKEY’S CURRENT OUTWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT OVERVIEW LITERATURE REVIEW METHODOLOGY RESULTS CONCLUSION REFERENCES APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2 Chapter 14: Incentives to Attract Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Economies ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND MAIN FOCUS OF THE CHAPTER SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES ADDITIONAL READING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ENDNOTES Chapter 15: The Nexus Between Institutional Quality and Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in South Asia ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION PRESENT STATUS OF FDI IN SELECTED SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY AND ITS PRESENT STATUS IN SELECTED SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES LITERATURE REVIEW DATA AND METHODOLOGY FINDINGS CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ENDNOTE Chapter 16: Factors Driving Firms from Emerging Countries into the Global Market ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND METHODOLOGY FINDINGS DISCUSSION SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Compilation of References About the Contributors