FDI: an evolutionary/complexity perspective

Ali Shamsavari (a.shamsavari@kingston.ac.uk) and Hosein Piranfar
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Ali Shamsavari: Kingston University London
Hosein Piranfar: University of East London

No 2001-5, Economics Discussion Papers from School of Economics, Kingston University London

Abstract: The paper looks at the locality question in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) theories. For a long time the locality issues in FDI seem to have been overshadowed by globalism. Locality issues, however, have been kept alive from two angles one of which includes diverse individuals who are sympathetic to the underdog. The other comprises a small branch of FDI theorists (Uppsala School) who pay some attention to locality from a pre-Santa-Fe evolutionary perspective. The existence of this tendency has encouraged us to explore evolutionary thinking a little further. Here we attempt, as a beginning, to apply certain evolutionary and complexity concepts to the behavior of FDI.

Keywords: evolution; complexity; FDI; rugged landscapes; self-organisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2001-01-01
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