What is the difference between a green-field investment and acquiring or merging with an existing firm?

Describe the trends and characteristics of FDI in the past 35 years.

What are location-specific advantages, and why might they be an important factor in explaining FDI?

What are the main advantages of FDI for host (recipient) countries?

Why do MNEs exist?

Describe how the pattern of ownership of MNEs has changed over the past 30 years.

What are the possible advantages to a nation of attracting MNE investment?

What are the major concerns that national governments might have with respect to attracting MNE investment?

Discuss the policies that governments need to implement in order to favourable investment climate for MNEs, given the emerging trends.

Defineperformance requirements, and indicate when they might be used.

What is the goal of MNEs?

What are the motivations of MNEs to engage in FDI?

What are the possible costs and benefits of FDI for sending (home) countries?