Shifting FDIs scenario: a case of an African safari

Ratna Vadra

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2012, vol. 5, issue 4, 367-384

Abstract: Foreign direct investment (FDI) is one of the major concepts behind globalisation and a project involving this is of prime relevance to the subject of international business. Moreover, the FDI flows have been from developed to developed countries until recently, when it has started flowing from developed to developing countries as well. In the light of this, a study of the FDI flows in the under-developed to developing nations of the African continent would provide critical knowledge in view of the global economy. Our study aims at observing and analysing the trends of FDI flows in African countries with respect to the various factors that influence it and its importance with respect to the global economy. This paper investigates the new phenomenon of increased FDI in African regions in particular and also discusses the flow of FDI from India to the continent of Africa.

Keywords: FDI flows; foreign direct investment; safaris; Indian companies; China; market seeking; India; globalisation; international business; developed countries; developing countries; under-developed nations; developing nations; global economy; Angola; Egypt; Nigeria; South Africa; Sudan; Madagascar; Guinea; Equatorial Guinea; Democratic Republic of the Congo; SSA; Sub-Saharan Africa; West Africa; North Africa; Indian culture; business management. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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