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Trade, Location of Economic Activity and the MNE: A Search for an Eclectic Approach

Dunning, John H.·1977·The International Allocation of Economic Activity
DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-03196-2_38
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The main task of this paper is to discuss ways in which production financed by foreign direct investment, that is, that undertaken by multinational enterprises (MNEs), has affected our thinking about the international allocation of resources and the exchange of goods and services between countries. The analysis takes, as its starting point, the growing convergence between the theories of international trade and production, and argues the case for an integrated approach to international economic involvement, based both on the location -specific endowments of countries and the ownership- specific endowments of enterprises. In pursuing this approach, the paper sets out a systemic explanation of the foreign activities of enterprises, in terms of their ability to internalise markets to their advantage. It concludes with a brief examination of some of the effects which the MNE is allegedly having on the spatial allocation of resources, and on the patterns of trade between countries. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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Authors
Dunning, J. H.
Venue
The International Allocation of Economic Activity
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Published
1977
Pages
395-418
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-03196-2_38
OpenAlex
W140456784
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2,179
References
1
FWCI
142.12
Type
book chapter
Language
en
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