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The investment decisions of modern multinationals can substantially affect the wealth of nations. Nations cannot dictate the decisions of multinationals to remain within national borders, to move in, or move out: they can only bargain for desirable outcomes. In this way multinationals have come to compromise the power of nation states, which makes the former’s investment decisions an important issue for international relations.
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© 1999 Carl Aaron
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Aaron, C. (1999). Foreign Direct Investment, International Relations, and Subnational Regions. In: The Political Economy of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in the UK and the US. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230371613_2
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