• DocumentCode
    3468133
  • Title

    Would Number of Firms Affect Agglomeration of Horizontally FDI in the Host Country?

  • Author

    Zhang, Yan-bo ; Tian, Hong

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Bus. Adm., Northeast Univ., Shenyang
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    12-14 Oct. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Under assumption of labor force relatively overmuch, this paper investigates agglomeration of horizontally FDI in host country in view of limited number of firms or much enough number of firms. The research indicates: Number of firms will affect agglomeration of horizontally FDI in the host country; horizontally FDI won´t invest and agglomerate in host country under the market construction of firm´s number much enough, horizontally FDI would invest and agglomerate in host country only under the market construction of firm´s number limited. Rapid increases of economy and huge scale of market are important factors for the host country to attract horizontally FDI. The adjustment of industrial structure, growing up of market and gathering of technology power in the host country, which will be beneficial to acquire more horizontally international direct investment for the host country.
  • Keywords
    investment; labour resources; marketing; agglomeration; horizontally FDI; investment; labor force; market construction; Absorption; Cities and towns; Clothing; Costs; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Fault detection; Industrial pollution; Investments; Power generation economics; Production systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Dalian
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2107-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2108-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WiCom.2008.2370
  • Filename
    4680559