Emerging markets attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI) due to their low cost advantages and significant market potential. Recently, we are also seeing an increasing volume of outward FDI from emerging markets.
Why are these emerging market firms investing overseas despite their home market attractiveness and their lack of international experience?
Please discuss the firm’s motives and viable strategies of emerging market firms conducting FDI overseas.
For firms in emerging markets, investing in more developed economies presents a great opportunity for a few reasons:
Viable strategies for an emerging market firm would be to:
Emerging markets attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI) due to their low cost advantages and significant...
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