Too often accounts of the economic development of Japan underrate the impact of foreigners. Through statement or omission, for example, much of the literature on modern Japanese economic development attaches little significance to foreign direct investment (FDI) in that country's growth process. William Lockwood, the noted economic historian of Japan, concluded in one study that: "Except in the...

many researches have depicted there is no significant and positive correlation between it and firm level performance, called productivity paradox, so as successful investment on it depends on taking into account the role of complementary assets such as business processes and organizational infrastructures. on the other hand, since there are not enough resources to invest on all these assets, th...

Purpose The paper discusses the new concept of ‘Multinational Investment Projects’ (MIPs) and its application in the context of international business operations in China. The petrochemical industry in China is used as the industrial context in which we investigate the interplay between the Chinese government, which encourages growth and investment activities in the sector, and the multinationa...

This paper studies the effects of infrastructure sharing agreements on telecommunications markets. Using a theoretical two stage game model with an investment and competition where firms compete “à la Cournot”, I find that, increase at industry level. Indeed, infrastructures reduces costs for involved operators encourages them to invest more. holds except if are much less efficient than their c...