FDI in regional economies

The objective of this study is to examine and analyze factors of agglomeration economies that have been affecting location choice of FDI in Vietnam from 2011-2016. By using the panel data and Random-Effect Model approach, the study studies the impact of 7 factors that could have impact on the location choice of foreign-invested firms in Vietnam. The results indicate that the existing activities of FDI in a province will attract more FDI in the future.

21p nhanchienthien 25-07-2023 8 4   Download

The period of 2018-2019 witnessed the “abnormal” positive growth of Vietnam’s economy while the regional and global economies were experiencing adverse impacts from the “US-China trade war” (begun with the “battlefield” of trade and now spreading to other “battlefields” such as technology and finance) as well as geopolitical turmoil in numerous hot spots. This positive growth is not something random but the result of a strong restructuring process that Vietnam had made efforts to implement in the previous stage.

15p angicungduoc7 10-09-2020 29 3   Download

This paper will test the importance of the relationship between geographic distribution and clustering of foreign firms and the influence of human capital and skill present in the regions, generally represented by major cities, on the location choice strategy and innovation activity of foreign investors across regions in the host economy of a developing nation.

25p guineverehuynh 17-06-2020 31 4   Download

This paper seeks to explain why it is important to increase the embedding of FDI in regional economies, describe what sorts of policies regional governments and development agencies can use to assist embedding and make recommendations on how such policies can be most effective. The paper also briefly outlines work currently underway at the OECD to analyse and compare policies for embedding FDI in case study cities and regions.

12p 035522894 04-04-2020 20 2   Download

The picture of the Brazilian pulp and paper sector presented in this section is useful to qualify the preliminary hypotheses pointed out above based on the general review of the literature on FDI sustainable development impacts. The Brazilian pulp and paper sector is presently composed by 220 firms widely located in 16 Brazilian states. To give an idea about this sector importance for the Brazilian economy, in 2005: this sector directly employed 108.000 workers; it produced 10.1 millions tons of pulp and 8.6 millions tons of paper, corresponding to 1.4% of the GDP.

75p loixinloi 08-05-2013 51 6   Download