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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. Stanford University , Stanford, California, USA

    Mie Augier

  2. Tusher Ctr Intellectual Capital, University of California Tusher Ctr Intellectual Capital, Berkeley, California, USA

    David J. Teece

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Ietto-Gillies, G. (2016). Home–Host Country. In: Augier, M., Teece, D. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94848-2_580-1

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