Transnational Corporations and the Internationalization of R&D

By - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Floor - Floor 1

Published - United Nations, New York, 2005

ISBN 10 - 9211126673

ISBN 13 - 9789211126679

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Buitenlandse investeringen

Shelf No - 13

Call Number - 332.673 WOR

Physical Description - xxxii, 332 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).

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This annual report examines changing trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows worldwide, at the regional and country levels and emerging measures to improve its contribution to development. The 2005 edition focuses on the internationalisation of research and development by transnational corporations and its policy implications for innovation, economic growth and development. Findings for the year 2004 show that, after three years of decline in global investment flows, there was a rise of two per cent overall compared to the previous year. This growth was led by the increase in FDI flows to developing countries of 40 per cent, whilst developed countries experienced a 14 per cent drop in their inward FDI. As a result, the share of developing countries in world FDI inflows reached 36 per cent, the highest level since 1997.

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