Business Question
Using only secondary sources, identify a multinational corporation (MNC) which recently engaged in a foreign direct investment (FDI) decision.
Upload to Canvas a Word document in which you provide link(s) to the secondary source(s), and your answers to the following questions:
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Provide a brief description of the MNC and its recent FDI decision
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Identify the main features of the FDI decision:
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Investment size (if information is available)
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FDI motive (e.g. market seeking, resource seeking, etc.)
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Establishment mode used by the MNC (e.g. greenfield, brownfield, etc.)
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FDI location.
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Apply Dunning’s OLI (Ownership, Location, Internalization) paradigm to answer the following questions:
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What are the ownership advantages which enabled the MNC to engage in this FDI?
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What are the internalization advantages that the MNC will gain from engaging in this FDI?
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What are the location advantages that the MNC will access through this FDI?
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Format: The document should be typed, in 1.5 spacing, and approximately 1000 words (+/- 10%) in length (excluding references).
Please write your answer in essay format.
Appropriate referencing is required. Follow the APA style for referencing.
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