China's offshore investments : a network approach / Dexin Yang.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index.

Preface by John H. Dunning 1. Introduction Part I: China’s Outward FDI and Theoretical Issues 2. Emergence and Development of China’s Outward FDI 3. Theories of Foreign Direct Investment 4. Theoretical Issues Raised by China’s Outward Investment Part II: A Network Model and its Application to FDI 5. Networks and Foreign Direct Investment: An Overview 6. A Network Model of Foreign Direct Investment Part III: China’s Outward FDI: A Descriptive Analysis 7. Economic Transition and Outward FDI 8. Economic Development and Outward FDI 9. Geographical Distribution of Outward FDI Part IV: Conclusion 10. Networking and China’s Outward FDI Bibliography Index

"Presenting a thorough analysis of China's outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the last quarter of a century - something little explored in the literature - this book explores, the rationale behind its emergence and development. China's outward FDI exhibits unique features in respect of timing, pace and geographical distribution that defy the existing mainstream theories of FDI. China's Offshore Investments uses the framework of a network model of FDI, which is developed by applying economic norms to ideas of networks in business analysis. This network model has been designed specifically by Dexin Yang for the purpose of theorising the changing pattern of FDI in the era of globalisation in general and interpreting China's FDI in particular." "Scholars and researchers interested in the fields of FDI and Multinational Enterprise (MNE) analysis, economic development and the Chinese economy will all find this book of great interest. Policymakers will also find much to engage them within this book."--BOOK JACKET