Foreign Direct Investment and Investment Environment in Dongguan Municipality of Southern China
@article{Yeung2001ForeignDI, title={Foreign Direct Investment and Investment Environment in Dongguan Municipality of Southern China}, author={Godfrey Yeung}, journal={Journal of Contemporary China}, year={2001}, volume={10}, pages={125 - 154} }
Based on 26 case studies, this paper investigates the socio-economic causes of the inflow of FDI and its policy implications in Dongguan. The favourable factors for foreign investors in Dongguan can be categorised under the Dunning's OLI (ownership, locational and internalisation advantages) framework. This paper argues that factors other than policy incentive, such as sub-contractual and pseudo integration, are playing more important roles in attracting the inflow of FDI and maintaining the…
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