TY - BOOK AU - Kehl,Jenny Rebecca TI - Foreign Investment and Domestic Development: Multinationals and the State SN - 9781626373471 AV - HG5993.K45 2009 U1 - 338.90091724 PY - 2009/// CY - Boulder, CO PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers KW - Investments, Foreign KW - Developing countries KW - International business enterprises KW - Government policy KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Industries KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Economic history KW - fast KW - Economic conditions KW - Electronic books N2 - How is it that billions of dollars flow through the developing world without altering its reality of poverty and scarcity? Jenny Kehl explores the crucial relationship between foreign direct investment and domestic development, focusing on the wide variation in the capacity of governments to negotiate FDI to the advantage of their citizens. To isolate the influence of political factors, Kehl examines one of the largest foreign investors, General Motors, in its relations with six host countries representing a range of political systems. Her cases, along with her larger statistical study, soundl UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1053848 ER -