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This article discusses the following: home and host countries in relation to developed and developed countries and to the location of outward and inward foreign direct investment (FDI); the relationship between the geographical pattern of location and the sectoral pattern in the growth of FDI; countries as home and host to FDI: regional developments; and the economic and social ties between home and host countries to which FDI may contribute.

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  1. London South Bank University, London, UK

    Grazia Ietto-Gillies

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  1. Grazia Ietto-Gillies
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Correspondence to Grazia Ietto-Gillies .

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  1. GSBPP, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA

    Mie Augier

  2. Berkeley Research Group, LLC, Emeryville, CA, USA

    David J. Teece

  3. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

    David J. Teece

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Ietto-Gillies, G. (2018). Home–Host Country. In: Augier, M., Teece, D.J. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-00772-8_580

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