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This 3 page paper answers questions set by the student concerning foreign direct investment. This includes defining FDI and looking at vertical and horizontal FDI, the levels of FDI in Brazil and the United Arab Emirates, and questions that the firm may want to ask regarding FDI patterns before determining international expansion plans. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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the objective of obtaining a lasting interest by a resident entity in one economy in an entity resident in an economy other than that of the investor" (OECD, 1999). The
lasting influence implies that it is meant to be a long term, relationship and that the investor will have a degree of influence over the investment (OECD, 1999). The FDI
is both the initial capital investment and any subsequent and ongoing investments. A classical definition is given by Graham and Spaulding (2004) who state that FDI is "a company
from one country making a physical investment into building a factory in another country" This is amore simplified definition and helps to differentiate between FDI and plan investment, with
FDI relating the building of physical resources rather than the creation of portfolio investments (Graham and Spaulding, 2004). There are different types of FDI, vertical FDI takes place
where the different stages of the supply chain arte spread across different countries, where each is placed in an area that is more favourable for that process. For example, the
goods may be produced in one area and sold in another (Aizenman and Marion, 2001). Horizontal FDI takes place where there are similar production activities in each country, in SunPower
want to set up a factory to produce units in another country and then sell them in that country, this will be horizontal FDI. (Aizenman and Marion, 2001). The expansion
into an area such as the UAE, where set up costs may be high may be best undertaken as part of Vertical FDI, whereas in Brazil where there are more
changes to be made and setting up is less costly horizontal FDI maybe suitable. Question 2 In the UNCTAD World Investment report Brazil and The United Arab Eremites
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