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Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Emerging Market Economies

Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Emerging Market Economies
Author(s)/Editor(s): Tomasz Dorożyński (University of Lodz, Poland)and Anetta Kuna-Marszałek (University of Łódź, Poland)
Copyright: ©2017
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2345-1
ISBN13: 9781522523451
ISBN10: 1522523456
EISBN13: 9781522523468

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The role of foreign direct investment initiatives is pivotal to effective enterprise development. This is particularly vital to emerging economies that are building their presence in international business markets.

Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Emerging Market Economies is a comprehensive source of academic material on the progressive impact of investment opportunities in the context of developing nations. Highlighting pivotal research perspectives on topics such as trade, sourcing strategies, and corporate social responsibility, this book is ideally designed for academics, practitioners, graduate students, and professionals interested in the economic performance of emerging markets.



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Author's/Editor's Biography

Tomasz Dorożyński (Ed.)
Tomasz Dorożyński , Ph.D., works in the Department of International Trade, Institute of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz. He is a member to several prestigious international organisations of researchers and experts in international economics and international business, such as: AIB, EIBA, EEFS, Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (Board Member / Advisory Committee Member), AIB-CEE Chapter, ManGeo Research Group, EIBA Poland. His research achievements include more than 100 peer-reviewed publications (after 2008). They have been published in prestigious foreign publishers, e.g. Edward Elgar, Emerald, Springer, IGI Global (USA), and in reputable journals, e.g. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, The Polish Journal of Economics, Comparative Economic Research. Three of his publications were awarded by the Rector of the University of Lodz for their research content. So far, he has been involved in 15 research projects, also as project manager, 6 of them were co-financed by the EU. On top of that, he received three grants for young researchers. Results of his studies have been presented on numerous occasions to domestic and international conferences, e.g., in the UK, USA, Japan, Sweden, Germany, Brazil, S. Korea, France, Iceland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Spain, Greece, Denmark, Belgium, Hungary, Romania, Lithuania, and Latvia. His research work focuses, inter alia, on internationalization, FDI, MNEs, investment incentives, location determinants, investment attractiveness, SMEs, entrepreneurship, special economic zones, and regional development. He has been the author, researcher and expert to several EC projects under, e.g., Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme, Leonardo da Vinci, Erasmus (+) and Grundtvig programmes. He was the project manager with the EEA / Norway Grant, National Bank of Poland grant and Management Coordinator of the international project #European Mobility Placements for Open Innovation (Erasmus+, Strategic Partnerships). For many years he has been the expert for Enterprise Europe Network Centre (FPE) within the Central Poland Business Support Network, co-financed by Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007–2013) and COSME (2014–2020). Since 2020 he has been the researcher in the international project Be Competent in Entrepreneurship: Knowledge Alliances for Developing Entrepreneurship Competencies for the Benefit of Higher Education and Business (BeComE). He served as an external examiner for Banking and Finance (B.Com / B.Com(Hons)), the courses taught at the Department of Banking and Finance, Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, University of Malta (2020-2022). He lectured abroad (France, Portugal, Germany, Lithuania, Hungary, Estonia, Romania, Latvia & Slovakia) under the Erasmus (+) Programme.

Anetta Kuna-Marszałek (Ed.)
Anetta Kuna-Marszalek, PhD is a senior lecturer at the Department of International Trade of the University of Lódz (Poland). She is a member to several prestigious international organisations including Polish European Community Studies Association and Association for the Study of East European Economies and Cultures. Her primary research interests focus on various aspects of contemporary economics, including research on internationalization of business activities, FDI, support instruments for exporters and the interlinks between trade liberalization and environmental policies. She is an author and co-author of over 60 papers, chapters and articles including the award-winning books about (1) Poland’s outward foreign direct investments and (2) anti-dumping investigations as an instrument of contingent protection. She participated in several research projects, including projects co-financed by the EU and the National Science Centre.

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