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Multinational Enterprises, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth in Africa

South African Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Bernard Michael Gilroy

    1. Department of Economics, University of Paderborn, Paderborn

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  2. Thomas Gries

    1. Department of Economics, University of Paderborn, Paderborn

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  3. Willem A. Naudé

    1. Research Unit People, Policy and Performance, North West University, South Africa

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction

    • B. M. Gilroy, T. Gries, W. Naudé
    Pages 1-4

  4. Multinational Enterprises in Africa

    1. The Changing View of Multinational Enterprises and Africa

      • B. M. Gilroy
      Pages 101-153

    2. German Multinationals in Africa

      • B. M. Gilroy, N. Bauer
      Pages 155-196

    3. Obstacles Facing German Enterprises in South Africa

      • B. M. Gilroy
      Pages 197-207

    4. Competitive Intelligence in a Foreign Environment: German and Canadian Firms Compared

      • J. Calof, W. Viviers
      Pages 209-225

  5. Labour Market Adjustment, Foreign Direct Investment and Human Resource Development

    1. Employment Effects of Foreign Direct Investment: A Theoretical Analysis with Heterogeneous Labour

      • T. Gries, S. Jungblut
      Pages 229-245

    2. Human Resource Development: A Sine Qua Non for Foreign Direct Investment in South Africa

      • W. Naudé, W. Krugell
      Pages 247-278

    3. Conclusions

      • B. M. Gilroy, T. Gries, W. Naudé
      Pages 279-284

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 285-305
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About this book

How can Africa, the world’s most lagging region, benefit from globalisation and achieve sustained economic growth? Africa needs greater investment by Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) to improve competitiveness and generate more growth through positive spill-over effects. Despite the fact that Africa’s returns on investment averaged 29% since 1990, Africa has gained merely 1% of global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows. The challenge for African countries is how to be a more desirable destination for FDI. The study integrates three currents of economic research, namely from the literature on (endogenous) economic growth, convergence and regional integration, the explanations for Africa’s poor growth and the growing understanding of the role of MNEs in a global economy. The empirical side of the book is based on an econometric study of the determinants of FDI in Africa as well as a detailed firm-level survey conducted in 2000.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, University of Paderborn, Paderborn

    Bernard Michael Gilroy, Thomas Gries

  • Research Unit People, Policy and Performance, North West University, South Africa

    Willem A. Naudé

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Multinational Enterprises, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth in Africa

  • Book Subtitle: South African Perspectives

  • Editors: Bernard Michael Gilroy, Thomas Gries, Willem A. Naudé

  • Series Title: Contributions to Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b138321

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-0276-4Published: 20 October 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7908-1610-5Published: 30 March 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1933

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-7178

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 312

  • Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: International Economics, Economic Growth

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