Location decision-making characteristics of foreign direct investment in the United States

Francis M. Ulgado

International Business Review, 1997, vol. 6, issue 3, 271-293

Abstract: After a rapid surge in the eighties and despite a decline in growth in the nineties, foreign direct investment in the United States remains significant. Billions have been spent by firms in selecting an investment site location, while billions more have been spent by communities in efforts to attract foreign investment. A survey of domestic and foreign manufacturing companies in the United States indicates that managerial differences across nationalities are evident in plant location decision-making which involves location information sources, preferred incentives, satisfaction levels, and location problems. Implications for manufacturing firm management, as well as economic development officials and policymakers can be derived from comparing foreign investors with their domestic counterparts.

Keywords: Comparative; Management; Location; Decision-making; US; Foreign; Direct; Investment; Location; Multinational; Firm; Behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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