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Host country-specific factors causing outwards foreign direct investment from Malaysia

Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

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Title Host country-specific factors causing outwards foreign direct investment from Malaysia
 
Creator Andaman, Gul
Yusop, Zulkornain B.
Mohd Noor, Zaleha
Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee
 
Subject Outwards foreign direct investment; Institutions; Malaysian overseas investments; Macroeconomic factors
F21; F23; M21
 
Description This study analyzes macroeconomic and institutional factors of the host countries attracting outwards foreign direct investment (OFDI) from Malaysia. Primary motives behind Malaysian OFDI are to seek growing markets and natural resources. Foreign economy’s depreciating currency with respect to Ringgit Malaysia, lower private sector lending rate, shorter distance from Malaysia and strong democratic forces are also important pull factors. Malaysian OFDI is significantly low in ASEAN Member States (AMS) and in the developed states. Policy implications thus include generation of higher OFDI towards AMS given the strategic importance of ASEAN Economic Community and in developed regions to access foreign technology.
 
Publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2016-06-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ejournal.ukm.my/jem/article/view/9727
 
Source Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia; Vol 50, No 1 (2016): Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia; 67-79
0126-1962
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://ejournal.ukm.my/jem/article/view/9727/4744