Human Capital and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investments
Journal article
Delevic, U. (2024). Human Capital and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investments. Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics. 17 (33), pp. 29-51. https://doi.org/10.17015/ejbe.2024.033.02
Authors | Delevic, U. |
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Abstract | The purpose of this study is to analyse to what extent the difference between the quantity and quality of Human Capital (HC) is relevant to the quantity and quality of inward Foreign Direct Investments (FDI). Most developing economies keep attracting multinational enterprises (MNEs) with short-term goals in labour-intensive industries, with little or no embodiment in the local environment. As such, low-value adding investments erode the national HC base, leading to the vicious cycle of low quality investments. The legitimate policy question is whether countries are unable to attract high-quality investment due to the low quality of HC. This study, which combines traditional and more advanced proxies of HC, considers a sample of 54 developed and developing countries. It is found that the role of HC quality in FDI |
Keywords | Human Capital; FDI; OECD |
Year | 2024 |
Journal | Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics |
Journal citation | 17 (33), pp. 29-51 |
Publisher | Ala-Too International University |
ISSN | 1694-5948 |
1694-5972 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.17015/ejbe.2024.033.02 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.ejbe.org/index.php/EJBE/article/view/1182 |
Publication dates | |
30 May 2024 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 01 Mar 2024 |
Deposited | 31 Jul 2024 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/97vy3
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