TY - JOUR
AU - Nachum, Lilach
AB - World Investment Report 1998: Trends and Determinants UnitedNations Conference on TradeandDevelopment (UNCTAD) UnitedNations,New YorkandGeneva,1998 Reviewed by LilachNachum CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY rphe World Investment welcoming features. First, in addition to Report (WIR), I which has been presenting second-hand data collected published annually since 1991, has become an from a variety of sources, the Report established contains original data collected part of the literature on foreign direct by UNCTAD. These data are based on a investment (FDI).The 1998 Report reaf- firms survey of some two hundred transna- the position of this publication in tional corporations the FDI literature. It follows, with slight (TNCs) investing in Asia regarding their modifications, the structure common to investment deci- all sion in the region in light of the finan- WIRs:An overview of recent trends cial crisis, as well as on a in FDI at the global level, followed by a survey of investment promotion more detailed analysis of trends for agencies in Central and Eastern developed and developing countries. Europe on prospects for FDI flows into The overview is followed by an exami- the region. nation The second feature is to of key aspects of the world's related the con- duct of statistical largest TNCs (from 
TI - World Investment Report 1998: Trends and Determinants
JF - Journal of International Business Studies
DO - 10.1057/jibs.1999.41
DA - 1999-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/world-investment-report-1998-trends-and-determinants-K7bRmSbBrr
SP - 637
EP - 641
VL - 30
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -