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Emerging Market Investment: Continuity or Change?

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Foreign Direct Investments from Emerging Markets

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The growing list of multinational enterprises (MNEs) from emerging market economies is attracting increasing attention in both government and academic circles. It is one of the least expected aspects of the rising importance of emerging markets within the global economy. The speed with which events are unfolding, as emerging market investors acquire western corporate icons or establish operations in distant markets, means that our understanding of the driving forces and of the likely implications is still in its infancy. Our understanding also often lags behind policy reactions in home and host countries.

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  1. Stephen Thomsen
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, USA

    Karl P. Sauvant (Founding Executive Director, Lecturer in Law, Codirector of the Millennium Cities Initiative) (Founding Executive Director, Lecturer in Law, Codirector of the Millennium Cities Initiative)

  2. Columbia Law School, USA

    Karl P. Sauvant (Founding Executive Director, Lecturer in Law, Codirector of the Millennium Cities Initiative) (Founding Executive Director, Lecturer in Law, Codirector of the Millennium Cities Initiative)

  3. Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University, USA

    Geraldine McAllister (Visiting Scholar) (Visiting Scholar)

  4. Western Union International, USA

    Wolfgang A. Maschek (Counsel and Director for International Regulatory) (Counsel and Director for International Regulatory)

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© 2010 Karl P. Sauvant, Geraldine McAllister, and Wolfgang A. Maschek

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Thomsen, S. (2010). Emerging Market Investment: Continuity or Change?. In: Sauvant, K.P., McAllister, G., Maschek, W.A. (eds) Foreign Direct Investments from Emerging Markets. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230112025_23

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