Hong Kong firms in the ASEAN region: transnational corporations and foreign direct investment
Development strategy ; Direct investment ; Enterprise ; Finance ; Hong Kong ; Indonesia ; Industrial branch ; Industrialization ; Investment ; Malaysia ; Management ; Philippines ; Singapore ; South-Eastern Asia ; Thailand ; Trade ; Transnational
Some facets of the economic links between Hong Kong and the ASEAN are studied in relation to the transnational operations of HK firms and their investment flows in ASEAN. Transnational corporations in the tertiary sector are inclined to establish
cross-border operations. Indonesia and Thailand are the most favoured destinations for the investments.
Pro-investment activities of local governments and location decision of entrepreneurs
Direct investment ; Foreigninvestment ; Impact ; Investment ; Local government ; Poland ; Urban function
-field foreign direct investment and investment climate. A comparative analysis of pro-investment activities of fourteen gminas in Poland was performed. Territorial marketing theory, localisation theory and the concept of urban regime was the significant
This study set out to analyse relation between local government activities and arrival of new investors. The links between various pro-investment decision and activities were investigated as well as relation between the spatial pattern of green
beck-ground of the original research. To conclude, pro-investment activities of local governments are indispensable part of localisation decision of medium-sized and big enterprises. - (BJ)
Some geographical implications of foreigninvestment in the semiperiphery: the case of Australia
. In the final two sections the implications of these flows within the Australian space economy are considered by reference to a case study of the pattern of investment of the largest foreign-owned group in the country and a study of the continuing polarization
This paper addresses Wallerstein's concept of the existence of a group of semiperipheral countries as a distinctive segment of the world-system economy. The first section of the paper considers flows of investment into and out of Australia
An introduction to the contact systems, modern agglomeration advantages for foreign investors in Czech Republic. The actual research problems so far neglected by Czech geographers are discussed. The role of a positive local milieu is very important
The paper discusses the history of contact systems and then turns to presentation of the results of recent contact systems survey conducted among the foreign investors in the Czech Republic. The mentioned pilot study of contact systems is based
on structured interviews with the representatives of selected foreign firms. Generally, the Czech firms are more successful as providers of producer services, by the way of subcontracting, than as suppliers of materials. Regarding the contact active levels