A study on FDI in Sultanate of Oman

Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an extraordinary and growing role in global business. FDI in Sultanate of Oman has played an important role in the development of the Omani economy. One of the main objectives of the seventh Five year Development plan of Sultanate of Oman (2006-2010) is to encou...

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Main Author: Rengasamy, Dhanuskodi
Format: Journal Article
Published: Ground Floor, Building No. 1041-C-1, Devi Bhawan Bazar, JAGADHRI – 135 003, Yamunanagar, Haryana, INDIA 2012
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Online Access:http://ijrcm.org.in/commerce/index.php?type=Archives&year=2012
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18144
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Summary:Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an extraordinary and growing role in global business. FDI in Sultanate of Oman has played an important role in the development of the Omani economy. One of the main objectives of the seventh Five year Development plan of Sultanate of Oman (2006-2010) is to encourage the domestic and foreign private sectors’ investments in the economic growth. The research work is to study the general look of FDI in Sultanate of Oman. Further the study to analyze FDI by country of origin and elucidate FDI by industry wise contribution in Oman. For all data interpretation were made by tabulation, growth rate and trend analysis through Linear trend, growth percentage and relative share percentage. On the basis of the data and analysis of the study conclude that the general performance of FDI in Oman is highly commendable.