This new paperback edition of Foreign Direct Investment and Governments examines the dynamic relationship between foreign direct investment, governments and economic development. The book includes: * an investigation of the catalytic role played by the governments and multinationals in determining national advantages * eleven in-depth national studies of the UK, USA, Japan, New Zealand, India, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, China, Indonesia and Taiwan * analysis of all aspects of the investment development path Foreign Direct Investment and Governments is an excellent source book for students of international business.

1. The Investment Development Path Revisited: Some Emerging Issues John H. Dunning and Rajneesh Narula 2. The United Kingdom: a Par Excellence Two-way Direct Investor Jeremy Clegg 3. The United States: Some Musings on its Investment Development Path Edward M. Graham 4. Sweden: a Latecomer to Industrialization Ivo Zander and Udo Zander 5. Japan: the Macro-IDP, Meso-IDPs and the Technology Development Path (TDP) Terutomo Ozawa 6. New Zealand: the Development of a Resource-rich Economy Mich`ele Akoorie 7. Spain: a Boom from Economic Integration Jos'e Manuel Campa and Mauro F. Guill'en 8. Mexico: Foreign Investment as a Source of International Competitiveness Alvaro Calder'on, Michael Mortimore and Wilson Peres 9. Taiwan: Foreign Direct Investment and the Transformation of the Economy Roger van Hoesel 10. Indonesia: the Critical Role of Government Donald J. Lecraw 11. India: Industrialization, Liberalization and Inward and Outward Foreign Direct Investment Nagesh Kumar 12. China: Rapid Changes in the Investment Development Path Hai-Yan Zhang and Danny Van Den Bulcke 13. The Investment Development Path: Some Conclusions Sanjaya Lall