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Effects Of Global Competitiveness, Human Development, And Corruption On Inward Foreign Direct Investment, Tamilla Curtis, Dawna L. Rhoades, Tom Griffin

Dr. Tamilla Curtis

The purpose of this paper is to investigate which of Dunning's location-specific advantages of host countries, presented as composite indices for Global Competitiveness, Human Development and Corruption Perception, better predict the level of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). A stepwise multiple regression method was applied on a sample of 129 countries, which was further divided into two subgroups: OECD members and non-OECD members. The study provides evidence that global competitiveness and the level of corruption of the host country are important determinants for inward FDI. For non-OECD countries the Human Development index appears to be an additional FDI determinant. More …

Retornos De Los Activos Del Mercado Accionario Colombiano En El Periodo 2008-2014: Valoración A Través De Los Modelos Apt Y Apt Modificado En Contraste Con Capm, María Alejandra Arias Duarte, María Fernanda Naranjo Rodríguez, Jenniffer Natalia Rojas Franco

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

La presente monografía tiene como objetivo estimar los retornos de los activos del mercado accionario colombiano en el periodo 2008 - 2014 a partir de la metodología APT y APT modificado en contraste con CAPM teniendo en cuenta los principales activos de la economía colombiana con el fin de contrastar modelos de análisis financiero, y por consiguiente el análisis de la canasta de COLCAP. En el desarrollo del presente trabajo se evidencia los antecedentes de investigación tanto a nivel nacional como internacional que fueron utilizados como base para el desarrollo de nuestra investigación, el marco teórico, fuente importante del desarrollo …

Effects Of Global Competitiveness, Human Development, And Corruption On Inward Foreign Direct Investment, Tamilla Curtis, Dawna L. Rhoades, Tom Griffin

Management, Marketing and Operations - Daytona Beach

The purpose of this paper is to investigate which of Dunning's location-specific advantages of host countries, presented as composite indices for Global Competitiveness, Human Development and Corruption Perception, better predict the level of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

A stepwise multiple regression method was applied on a sample of 129 countries, which was further divided into two subgroups: OECD members and non-OECD members. The study provides evidence that global competitiveness and the level of corruption of the host country are important determinants for inward FDI. For non-OECD countries the Human Development index appears to be an additional FDI determinant. More …

Introduction To Research Methodologies, Professor Issam A.W. Mohamed

Professor Issam A.W. Mohamed

In this book, I introduce basics of research methodologies in Arabic language which I believe is an unprecedented step. The conceptions, research frameworks, sampling and some detailed methods are given in this text book. Moreover, some analytical statistical methods are introduced to give insights to researchers. Methods of writing the scientific reports and papers in addition to documentation of references and classifying the required logical process of a thesis are detailed in this text. I introduce this book that was published by the Africa International University in Khartoum, Sudan for the purpose of helping sub and post graduate university students …