A profile of foreign direct investment by the US fruit and vegetable industry

Agribusiness

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 379-388

  Burnham, J C ^a   Epperson, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 5044238076     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199809/10)14:5<379::AID-AGR4>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Situation and Outlook Report, Vegetables and Specialties, Report No. VGS-265 April 1995 and Report No. VGS-267, November 1995, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
2. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States, An Economic Research Service Report, September/October 1986 and 1995, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
3. American Farm Bureau, GATT and NAFTA: Major Provisions, Promises and Threats, Volume 1, Final Report, November 1995, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, DC.
4. C. Bolling., and C. Valdes., The U. S. Presence in Mexico’s Agribusiness, U. S. Department of Agriculture, ERS. Foreign Agricultural Economic Report Number 253, July 1994, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
5. P. Hertner., and G. Jones., Multinationals: Theory and History, European Science Foundation, Brookfield, VT, 1986.
6. I. H. Giddy., and S. Young., “Conventional Theory and Unconventional Multinationals: Do New Forms of Multinational Enterprise Require New Theories?" inNew Theories of the Multinational Enterprise, A. M.Rugman, Ed., St. Martins Press, New York, 1982, p. 55.
7. J. C. McManus., “The Theory of the International Firm,” in The Multinational Firm and the Nation State, G.Paquet, Ed., Collier-Macmillan, Don Mills, Ont., 1972, p. 66.
8. M. C. Kemp., “The Benefits and Costs of Private Investment from Abroad: Comment.” in International Investment, P. J.Buckley, Ed., Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Brookfield, VT, 1990, p. 119.
9. M. Casson., “The Theory of Foreign Direct Investment.” in The Economic Theory of the Multinational Enterprise, P. J.Buckley and M.Casson, Eds., St. Martins Press, New York, 1985, p. 113.
10. J. H. Dunning., J. A. Cantwell., and T. A. B. Corley., “The Theory of International Production: Some Historical Antecedents.” in Multinationals: Theory and History. P.Hertner and G.Jones, Eds., European Science Foundation, Brookfield, VT, 1986, p. 19.
11. P. H. Gray., “Macroeconomic Theories of Foreign Direct Investment: an Assessment.” New Theories of the Multinational Enterprise, A. M.Rugman, Ed., St. Martins Press, New York, 1982, p. 172.
12. C. R. Handy., U. S. Foreign Investment and Trade Prospects in Mexico’s Agribusiness Sector, Organization and Performance of World Food Systems, NC-194, OP-51, October 1993.
13. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, NAFTA Economic Monitoring Task Force, NAFTA: An Early Assessment, December 1994, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
14. A. M. Rugman., Foreign Investment and NAFTA, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1994.
15. Produce Reporter Company, Blue Book, Spring 1994, Fruit and Vegetable Credit and Marketing Service, Produce Reporter Company, Carol Stream, IL, 1994.
16. J. Kmenta., Elements of Econometrics, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1986.
17. U. S. International Trade Commission, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, USITC Publication 2937, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1995.
18. G. S. Maddala., Limited-Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1983.
19. M. E. Porter., Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, The Free Press, New York, 1985.
20. K. Ohmae., The Borderless World: Power and Strategy in the Interlinked Economy, Harper Business, New York, 1990.