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:

  1. Provide a brief description of the MNC and its recent FDI decision

  2. Identify the main features of the FDI decision:

    • Investment size (if information is available)

    • FDI motive (e.g. market seeking, resource seeking, etc.)

    • Establishment mode used by the MNC (e.g. greenfield, brownfield, etc.)

    • FDI location.

  3. Apply Dunning’s OLI (Ownership, Location, Internalization) paradigm to answer the following questions:

    • What are the ownership advantages which enabled the MNC to engage in this FDI?

    • What are the internalization advantages that the MNC will gain from engaging in this FDI?

    • What are the location advantages that the MNC will access through this FDI?

  • 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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