Multinationals in Eastern Europe

by Artisien-Maksimenko, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780312231316
• ISBN10: 0312231318
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-06-17
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This study identifies and analyzes the extent to which the transition economies of Central Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus are likely to attract inward foreign direct investment to the turn of the century and beyond. The book binds together the current theoretical knowledge of foreign capital and technology transfers to transition economies.

Author Biography

Patrick Artisien-Maksimenko teaches International Business and East European Economics at the University of Cardiff, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	ix
List of Figures	xiii
Foreword	xv
Michael Kaser
Preface	xvii
Notes on the Editor and Contributors	xix
Part I Multinationals in Transition Economies
Multinationals in Eastern Europe: an Overview	3	(7)
Patrick Artisien-Maksimenko
Matija Rojec
Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Foreign Direct Investment: Some Theoretical Considerations	10	(48)
John H. Dunning
Multinationals in the Transition to a Market Economy	58	(20)
John Slater
The Legacies for Russia of Soviet Foreign Investment Policy	78	(27)
Carl H. McMillan
Part II Central and Baltic Europe
Hungary	105	(20)
Gabor Hunya
The Czech Republic	125	(26)
Alena Zemplinerova
Poland	151	(15)
Wladyslaw Jermakowicz
Slovenia	166	(17)
Matija Rojec
The Baltic States	183	(22)
Philip Hanson
Part III Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States
Russia	205	(46)
Yuri Adjubei
The Russian Far East: The Role of Japan	251	(20)
Terutomo Ozawa
Ukraine	271	(27)
Faye Sinclair
Kazakhstan	298	(19)
Yuri Adjubei
Alexandra Swetzer
The Transcaucasus Republics	317	(20)
Patrick Artisien-Maksimenko
Part IV East Asian Multinationals in Eastern Europe
Trends in East Asian Investment in the Transitional Economies	337	(23)
Jim Slater
Bibliography	360	(9)
Index	369