Foreign Direct Investment, China and the World Economy

China has become such an important element of the global economy that its influence cannot be ignored in almost any field of endeavour. The phenomenal impact of FDI in China and its (largely trade-related) consequences has been well documented and now there is a significant literature on the phenomenon of outward investment from China too. This book is an in depth study of the international business relationships of China covering both inward and outward foreign direct investment, its impact and related theoretical and policy issues. This volume of highly renowned author Peter Buckley's collected papers from 2005-8 continues his interest in the theory of international business (Section I) and policies towards foreign direct investment (FDI) (Section IV) but has a major concentration on China, both as regards outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from China (Section II) and FDI in China (Section III). 1. Introduction 2. Regaining the edge for international business reserch / Peter J. Buckley and Donald R. Lessard 3. Stephen Hymer : three phases, one approach? / Peter J. Buckley 4. Firm configuration and internationalisation : a model / Peter J. Buckley and Niron Hashai 5. Edith Penrose's theory of the growth of the firm and the strategic management of multinational enterprises / Peter J. Buckley and Mark Casson 6. The determinants of Chinese outward foreign direct investment / Peter J. Buckley ... [et al.] 7. Historic and emergent trends in Chinese outward direct investment / Peter J. Buckley 8. Cultural awareness in knowledge transfer to China : the role of Guanxi and Mianzi / Peter J. Buckley, Jeremy Clegg and Hui Tan 9. Is the relationship between inward FDI and spillover effects linear? An empirical examination of the case of China / Peter J. Buckley, Jeremy Clegg and Chengqi Wang 10. Inward FDI and host country productivity : evidence from China's electronics industry / Peter J. Buckley, Jeremy Clegg and Chengqi Wang 11. China's inward foreign direct investment success : Southeast Asia in the shadow of the dragon / Peter J. Buckley ... [et al.] 12. The impact of inward foreign direct investment on the nature and intensity of Chinese manufacturing exports / Chengqi Wang ... [et al.] 13. The impact of foreign direct investment on the productivity of China's automotive industry / Peter J. Buckley ... [et al.] 14. The impact of foreign ownership, local ownership and industry characteristics on spillover benefits from foreign direct investment in China / Peter J. Buckley, Chengqi Wang and Jeremy Clegg 15. Organixation and action in a Chinese state-owned service intermediary : the case of Sinotrans / Peter J. Buckley, Jeremy Clegg and Hui Tan 16. Foreign direct investment in Ireland : policy implications for emerging economies / Peter J. Buckley and Frances Ruane 17. A simple and flexible dynamic approach to foreign direct investment growth : the Canada-United States relationship in the context of free trade / Peter J. Buckley ... [et al.].