From Communists to Foreign Capitalists: The Social Foundations of Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist EuropePrinceton University Press, 16.10.2011 - 312 Seiten From Communists to Foreign Capitalists explores the intersections of two momentous changes in the late twentieth century: the fall of Communism and the rise of globalization. Delving into the economic change that accompanied these shifts in central and Eastern Europe, Nina Bandelj presents a pioneering sociological treatment of the process of foreign direct investment (FDI). She demonstrates how both investors and hosts rely on social networks, institutions, politics, and cultural understandings to make decisions about investment, employing practical rather than rational economic strategies to deal with the true uncertainty that plagues the postsocialist environment. |
Inhalt
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Chapter 2 From Socialism to Postsocialism | 29 |
Chapter 3 Institutionalization of FDI in Postsocialism | 65 |
Chapter 4 CrossCountry Patterns in FDI Flows | 103 |
Chapter 5 Embeddedness of Organizational FDI Attempts | 131 |
Chapter 6 Uncertainty and the Practice of FDI Transactions | 168 |
Chapter 7 Embedded Economies | 196 |
Epilogue | 221 |
Appendix on Method and Data Sources | 223 |
Notes | 243 |
References | 255 |
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From Communists to Foreign Capitalists: The Social Foundations of Foreign ... Nina Bandelj Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2008 |