Net profit flow per country from 1980 to 2009: The long-term effects of foreign direct investment.

ABSTRACT:

Aim of the paper

The paper aims at describing and explaining net profit flows per country for the period 1980-2009. Net profit flows result from Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stock and profit repatriation: inward stock creating a profit outflow and outward FDI stock a profit inflow. Profit flows, especially 'normal' ones are not commonly researched.

Theoretical background

According to world-system theory, countries are part of a system characterised by a core, semi-periphery and periphery, as shown by network analyses of trade relations. Network analyses based on ownership relations of TransNational Corporations (TNCs) show that the top 50 firms that control about 40% of the world economy are almost exclusively located in core countries. So, we may expect a hierarchy in ne

SUBMITTER: Akkermans DHM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5487018 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature