Ireland's foreign direct investment competitive advantage and Japanese outward foreign direct investment

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-231

  Rios Morales, Ruth ^a   Brennan, Louis ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland model of FDI competitive advantages; Japanese foreign direct investment

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MODEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; IRELAND; JAPAN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947394853     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380601133219     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Balasubramanyam, V., Salisu, M. and Sapsford, D. (1996) Foreign Direct Investment in EP and IS Countries. The Economic Journal, 106:434, pp. 92-105.
2. (1999) Understanding Ireland's Economic Growth, Macmillan Press, London
3. Barry, F., Bradley, J. and Hannan, A. (1999) The single market, the structural funds and Ireland's recent economic growth. Journal of Common Market Studies, 39:3, pp. 537-552.
4. Barry, F. (2004) Prospects for Ireland in an enlarged EU. The World Economy, 27:6, pp. 829-852.
5. Borensztein, E., De Gregorio, J. and Lee, J. W. (1998) How does foreign direct investment affect economic growth?. Journal of International Economics, 45:1, pp. 115-135.
6. Bradley, J., Whelan, K. and Wright, J. (1993) Appendix: Understanding economic growth. A Strategy for Competitiveness, Growth and Employment
7. Chung, L., Gibbons, P. and Schoch, H. (2006) The management of information and managers in subsidiaries of multinational corporations. British Journal Of Management, 17:2, pp. 153-166.
8. Cieslik, A. and Ryan, M. (2004) Explaining Japanese direct investment flows into an enlarged Europe: A comparison of gravity and economic potential approaches. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 18:3, pp. 12-37.
9. de Mello, L. (1997) Foreign direct investment and output: A comparative study. The International Trade Journal, 15:1, pp. 221-311.
10. Dunning, J. (1993) Internationalizing Porter's diamond (evaluation of M.E. Porter's international competitiveness model). Management International Review, 33:2, pp. 7-16.
11. Dunning, J. (1997) The European internal market programme and inbound foreign direct investment. Journal of Common Market Studies, 35:2, pp. 189-235.
12. Dunning, J. (1998) Location and the multinational enterprise: A neglected factor?. Journal of International Business Studies, 29, pp. 45-66.
13. Durkan, J., Gerald, D. Fitz and Harmon, C. (1999) Education and Growth in the Irish Economy. Understanding Ireland's Economic Growth, Macmillan Press, London
14. Fatehi-Sedeh, K. and Safizadeh, H. (1989) The association between political instability and flow of foreign direct investment. Management International Review, 29:4, pp. 4-13.
15. Gerald, J. Fitz (2000) The story of Ireland's failure and belated success. 'Bust to Boom?': The Irish Experience of Growth and Inequality, pp. 27-57. IPA, Dublin
16. Forf's (2004) Annual Employment Survey in IDA (2005). Annual Report 2005, Statistics
17. Forf's (2005) Annual Employment Survey 2004
18. Gross, D., Raff, H. and Ryan, M. (2005) Inter and intra-sectoral linkages in foreign direct investment: Evidence from Japanese Investment in Europe. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 19:1, pp. 110-134.
19. IDA (1899)
20. IDA (1899)
21. IMD (2006) IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook
22. JETRO (2006)
23. Jorgenson, D. and Nomura, K. (2005) The industry origins of Japanese economic growth. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 19:4, pp. 482-542.
24. Kehoe, I. (2006) More Japanese companies will invest in Ireland. The Sunday Business Post
25. Kobrin, S. J. (1979) Political risk: A review and reconsideration. Journal of International Business Studies, 10:1, pp. 67-80.
26. Krugman, P. (1994) Competitiveness: Does it matter?. Fortune, 129:5, pp. 109-115.
27. Lall, S. (1997) East Asia. Governments, Globalization and International Business, pp. 407-430. Oxford University Press, Oxford
28. Lall, S. (2002) Linking FDI, technology development for capacity building and strategic competitiveness. Transnational Corporations, 11:3, pp. 39-88.
29. Loewendahl, H. (2001) A framework for FDI promotion. Transnational Corporations
30. MacSharry, R. and White, P. (2000) The Making of the Celtic Tiger: The Inside Story of Ireland's Boom Economy, Mercier Press, Cork
31. Mauro, P. (1997) Why worry about corruption?. Economic Issues No, 6:2
32. Mayuya, R. and Jacobson, D. (1991) Japanese direct investment in Ireland. IBAR, 12:1, pp. 114-123.
33. National Competitiveness Council (2005) Annual Competitiveness Report 2005
34. Noorbakhsh, F., Paloni, A. and Youssef, A. (2001) Human capital and FDI inflows to developing countries: New empirical evidence. World Development, 29:9, pp. 1593-1610.
35. Riain, S. (2000) The flexible developmental state: Globalisation, information technology, and the 'Celtic Tiger'. Politics and Society, 28:2, pp. 157-193.
36. Park, K. (2003) Patterns and strategies of foreign direct investment: the case of Japanese firms. Applied Economics, 35:16, pp. 1739-1746.
37. Porter, M. (1990) The Competitive Advantage of Nations, The Free Press, New York
38. Porter, M. (1998) Clusters and the new economics of competition. Harvard Business Review, pp. 77-89.
39. Porter, M. (2000) Location, competition, and economic development: Local clusters in a global economy. Economic Development Quarterly, 14:4, pp. 395-397.
40. Rasiah, R. (2002) Systematic coordination and the development of human capital: Knowledge flows in Malaysia's TNC-driven electronics clusters. Transnational Corporations, 11:3, pp. 89-130.
41. Richards, D. (1999) What do progressives need to know about trade? some observations on the competitiveness debate. International Review of Applied Economics, 13:1, pp. 125-141.
42. Rios-Morales, R. and Brennan, L. (2006) The emergence of China as a source of FDI flows to Latin America. Proceedings 33rd Academy of International Business, UK Chapter Conference
43. Rios-Morales, R. and O'Donovan, D. (2006) Can the Latin American and Caribbean countries emulate the Irish model of FDI?. Economic Commission for the Latin American and Caribbean Countries Review, 88:1, pp. 51-70.
44. Ruane, F. and Gorg, H. (2000) European integration and peripheral: lessons from the Irish experience. World Economy, 23:3, pp. 405-421.
45. Sethi, P. S. and Luther, K. (1986) Political risk analysis and direct foreign investment some problems of definition and measurement. California Management Review, 28:2, pp. 57-68.
46. UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) (2004) World Investment Report 2004: The Shift Towards Services, United Nations, New York
47. UNCTAD (2005) World Investment Report 2005: Transnational Corporations and Internationalization of R&D, United Nations, New York
48. UNCTAD (2005) Foreign Direct Investment Statistics 2005.
49. World Bank (2005) World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone, World Bank, Washington, DC
50. Zhang, K. H. (2001) Does foreign direct investment promote economic growth? Evidence from East Asia and Latin America. Contemporary Economic Policy, 19:2, pp. 175-185.