Government motivations in influencing FDI.
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS GOVERNMENT MOTIVATIONS IN INFLUENCING FDI INTRODUCTION "FDI is now more important than trade as a vehicle for international business" (Daniels J, Environments and Operations, 2001) For many years multinational enterprises known in short as MNEs have looked to foreign economies as a method of expansion. Foreign markets can offer an untapped resource of potential consumers, a wealth of knowledge that could be used to the companies advanced and possibly a chance to gain access to rare or unique resources. The influx of FDI can offer many benefits for the chosen government's country. Many jobs can be created from the MNE entry, the MNE may bring in new knowledge unknown to the host country, a transfer of capital and technology may also occur along with possible political strategic resource benefits. Therefore it is no surprise in the past two decades we have seen the growth of world FDI stock to GDP raise from 5% to...

