Foreign Direct Investment and the Effects on Economic Growth: Theory, Empirical Evidence and New results from Case Studies in Malaysia.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been heralded as a sustainable way to encourage economic and industrial development. This study will critically analyse this contention through the specific case study of Malaysia. Using both secondary and primary data it is found that there are numerous economic...
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| author | TEE, Yiing Yann |
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| description | Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been heralded as a sustainable way to encourage economic and industrial development. This study will critically analyse this contention through the specific case study of Malaysia. Using both secondary and primary data it is found that there are numerous economic benefits to be gained from FDI but negative effects will also result which call into question the supposed success of FDI in Malaysia, most notably the effect of an over-reliance of FDI in a climate where FDI is beginning to wane is deemed worrying by those working in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | nottingham-224482018-06-05T17:13:05Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/22448/ Foreign Direct Investment and the Effects on Economic Growth: Theory, Empirical Evidence and New results from Case Studies in Malaysia. TEE, Yiing Yann Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been heralded as a sustainable way to encourage economic and industrial development. This study will critically analyse this contention through the specific case study of Malaysia. Using both secondary and primary data it is found that there are numerous economic benefits to be gained from FDI but negative effects will also result which call into question the supposed success of FDI in Malaysia, most notably the effect of an over-reliance of FDI in a climate where FDI is beginning to wane is deemed worrying by those working in Malaysia. 2008 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/22448/1/08MAlixyyt.pdf.pdf application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/22448/2/08MAlixyytitlepage.pdf.pdf TEE, Yiing Yann (2008) Foreign Direct Investment and the Effects on Economic Growth: Theory, Empirical Evidence and New results from Case Studies in Malaysia. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished) FDI Foreign Direct Investment Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth Foreign Direct Investment in Malaysia |
| spellingShingle | FDI Foreign Direct Investment Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth Foreign Direct Investment in Malaysia TEE, Yiing Yann Foreign Direct Investment and the Effects on Economic Growth: Theory, Empirical Evidence and New results from Case Studies in Malaysia. |
| title | Foreign Direct Investment and the Effects on Economic Growth: Theory, Empirical Evidence and New results from Case Studies in Malaysia. |
| title_full | Foreign Direct Investment and the Effects on Economic Growth: Theory, Empirical Evidence and New results from Case Studies in Malaysia. |
| title_fullStr | Foreign Direct Investment and the Effects on Economic Growth: Theory, Empirical Evidence and New results from Case Studies in Malaysia. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foreign Direct Investment and the Effects on Economic Growth: Theory, Empirical Evidence and New results from Case Studies in Malaysia. |
| title_short | Foreign Direct Investment and the Effects on Economic Growth: Theory, Empirical Evidence and New results from Case Studies in Malaysia. |
| title_sort | foreign direct investment and the effects on economic growth: theory, empirical evidence and new results from case studies in malaysia. |
| topic | FDI Foreign Direct Investment Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth Foreign Direct Investment in Malaysia |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/22448/ |