Ari Kokko

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effects of foreign direct investment on Swedish investment, exports, and employment, and the effects on the domestic economy from the increasing division of labor between the parents and foreign affiliates of Swedish MNCs.

TL;DR: This article surveys the effects of outward foreign direct investment on the developed home countries of multinational corporations and concludes that outward FDI is beneficial to the investing firm, but that the effects on the home country vary depending on the characteristics of the investment project and the business environment in the home and host countries.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss how regional investment agreements may affect the inward and outward flows of foreign direct investments in the integrating region, and they provide a conceptual framework for analysis as well as three case studies focused on different kinds of regional integration: (1) North-North integration (Canada joining the CUSFTA); (2) North South integration (Mexico's accession to NAFTA); and (3) South-South integration (MERCOSUR).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined some possible determinants of the technology imports of U.S. majority-owned foreign affiliates in 33 host countries and found that the affiliates' technology imports increase with the host countries' domestic investment levels and education levels, but various performance requirements are negatively related to technology transfer.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the development of the private sector in Vietnam, focusing in particular on the relationship between the state and the private sectors, and suggest some policy reforms on the basis of the lessons from the first two decades of economics reforms in Vietnam.