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Transnationalization of service industries: an empirical analysis of the determinants of foreign direct investments by transnational service corporations (Record no. 40690)

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080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Universal Decimal Classification number 11.03.03 T772
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Li, Jiatao... et al
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Transnationalization of service industries: an empirical analysis of the determinants of foreign direct investments by transnational service corporations
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. UN
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New YorkUS
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1993
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent vii,61p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Investigates the determinants of foreign direct investment by transnational service corporations in both developed and developing countries. Foreign-direct-investment decisions of 210 of the largest transnational service corporations in eleven service industries are analysed over the period 1976 to 1986. Examines major factors affecting foreign direct investment in services viz. market size, home-country business presence, cultural distance, government regulations, competitive advantages of service industries, oligopolistic reaction, industry concentration, tradability of services and growth of firm size.
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Time/date of action 3/7/00
Action agent M2LMGR
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Monograph
Call number suffix T772

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