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- Identify the forces underpinning the rising tide of foreign direct investment in the world economy.
- Understand why firms often prefer direct investment as a strategy for entering a foreign market over alternatives such as exporting and granting foreign entities the right to produce the firm's product under license.
- Appreciate why firms based in the same industry often undertake foreign direct investment at the same time.
- Understand why certain locations are favored as the target of foreign direct investment.
- Appreciate how political ideology influences government policy toward foreign direct investment.
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