Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/144555 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2016-37
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
In this paper, the author presents the impact of new players and factors in international business activities, which have a direct influence on international economic structure. One of the most important determinants over the last decades has been foreign direct investment, which has encouraged the dislocation of business activities in many industries. This, together with the rest of foreign direct investment, makes the author think of extending the OLI model to OLIM, where M is the mode of entry. One type of this mode is offshoring which makes easier the relocation of business activity from developed economies to developing economies. The study of offshoring activities is the focus of this paper, with the data coming from a survey of 166 Spanish multinational firms. Empirical evidence should provide us the main factors that motivate Spanish multinational firms to be engaged in foreign direct investment via offshoring.
Subjects: 
foreign direct investment
eclectic paradigm
internationalization process
offshoring
multinational firms
JEL: 
D23
F21
F23
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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