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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

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-PROF. D.C.PAI
Definition and Importance

WHAT IS INVESTMENT ?
“ The flow of funds from one destination to another”

 Investment goes -home country to another country


INVESTMENT OUTFLOW.

 Foreign investment comes in from another country to


the home country,- ‘INVESTMENT INFLOW’
CHARACTERISTICS OF FDI :

Follow competitors

International product life cycle

Location

Contract manufactures

Assured return on investment


BENEFITS AND COSTS OF FDI

FOR HOST COUNTRY


 Capital
 Technology
 Market access
 Increase in domestic investment
 Export promotion
 Generating employment
 Infrastructure
 Social effects
 Formation of clusters
BENEFITS AND COSTS OF FDI
FOR HOME COUNTRY

Inward flow of earnings on a long term basis.


High salaries for employees.
Exposure to the foreign market
THANK YOU

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