Foreign Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2007

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cepal.bibLevelDocumento Completo
cepal.callNumberINT UN/FI 5(2007)
cepal.callNumberLC/G.2360-P
cepal.divisionEngProduction, Productivity and Management Division
cepal.divisionOldUnidad de Inversiones y Estrategias Empresariales
cepal.divisionSpaDivisión de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
cepal.docTypeInformes periódicos
cepal.idSade32931
cepal.physicalDescriptiongráficos, tablas
cepal.regionalOfficeSantiago
cepal.saleNumber08.II.G.11
cepal.topicEngFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
cepal.topicEngINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
cepal.topicEngINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES (ICTS)
cepal.topicEngBUSINESS STRATEGIES
cepal.topicSpaINVERSIÓN EXTRANJERA DIRECTA
cepal.topicSpaDESARROLLO INDUSTRIAL
cepal.topicSpaTECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y LAS COMUNICACIONES (TIC)
cepal.topicSpaESTRATEGIAS EMPRESARIALES
cepal.workareaEngPRODUCTION, PRODUCTIVITY AND MANAGEMENT
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO PRODUCTIVO Y EMPRESARIAL
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL. Unidad de Inversiones y Estrategias Empresariales
dc.coverage.spatialEngCANADA
dc.coverage.spatialEngLATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
dc.coverage.spatialSpaAMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCANADA
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-02T14:41:11Z
dc.date.available2014-01-02T14:41:11Z
dc.date.issued2008-06
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography
dc.descriptionDocumento en español ingresado en Biblioteca (146628)
dc.description.abstractLatin America and the Caribbean received record levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2007, with inflows surpassing the US$ 100 billion mark for the first time ever. This development is all the more significant because the previous record was set in 1999 in the context of one-off privatizations. The upsurge in investment was fuelled mainly by market-seeking transnational corporations (TNCs) intent on taking advantage of growth in local demand for goods and services and by natural-resource-seeking companies against a backdrop of buoyant global demand. Meanwhile, despite lower levels of outward FDI from the regions' transnationals (trans-Latins), new companies in different industries are investing outside their home countries, while some of the traditional trans-Latins are taking their foreign investments to new levels.This report provides an overview of FDI flows to and from the region in 2007 and of the recent activities of transnationals in the region and of trans-Latins outside their home countries (chapter I). It further explores three topics: investment in hardware for information and communication technologies (ICTs) (chapter II); investment in telecommunications services (chapter III); and Canadian investment in Latin America and the Caribbean (chapter IV). Chapters II and III describe the evolution of ICT hardware and telecommunications services industries in the context of the technological changes that have generated convergence among ICT services and have had impacts both on the industrial organization of manufacturing and on the market structure and incentives for telecommunications operators. These chapters provide insight into the challenges involved in maximizing the benefits of FDI in industries subject to rapid technological change, where the regional strategies of transnational corporations are shaped by a combination of global strategies and trends in local policy and regulation. The Canadian experience is relevant both because of the country's increasing role as an investor in then region in a wide range of sectors —from mining to autoparts to finance— and because it represents a parallel to the Latin American and Caribbean region's own corporate evolution owing to the existence of a number of seldom-recognized similarities (notably, a strong natural-resource base and a heavy reliance on the United States economy). Within this context, the slowdown of the United States economy presents an opportunity for officials and investors from Canada and from Latin America and the Caribbean to reevaluate their relationship. Note: In reference to the 2007 edition of Foreign Investment in Latin America, ECLAC would like to inform its readers that the Central Bank of the Bahamas published its final estimate of FDI received by that country in 2007 on 5 May 2008. The final estimate amounts to US$ 692.7 million, which is similar to the amount received in 2007 (US$ 705.8 million). The estimate published by ECLAC in its ECLAC report, which had a closing date of 30 April 2008, was based on an extrapolation of data for the first three quarters of the year.
dc.formatTexto
dc.format.extent203 páginas.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn9789211216684
dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/G.2360-P
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/1136
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription203 p. : gráfs., tabls.
dc.publisherECLAC
dc.publisher.placeSantiago
dc.relation.isPartOfSeriesForeign Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean. Report
dc.relation.translationLanguagespa
dc.relation.translationRecordLa inversión extranjera en América Latina y el Caribe: informe 2007
dc.relation.translationUrihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/1135
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.subject.unbisEngCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject.unbisEngCORPORATE STRATEGIES
dc.subject.unbisEngFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject.unbisEngFOREIGN INVESTMENTS
dc.subject.unbisEngINDUSTRY
dc.subject.unbisEngINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject.unbisEngSTATISTICAL DATA
dc.subject.unbisEngTELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY
dc.subject.unbisEngTRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS
dc.subject.unbisSpaDATOS ESTADISTICOS
dc.subject.unbisSpaEMPRESAS TRANSNACIONALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaESTRATEGIA EMPRESARIAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaINDUSTRIA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES
dc.subject.unbisSpaINDUSTRIA
dc.subject.unbisSpaINVERSION EXTRANJERA DIRECTA
dc.subject.unbisSpaINVERSIONES EXTRANJERAS
dc.subject.unbisSpaTECNOLOGIA DE LA INFORMACION
dc.subject.unbisSpaTECNOLOGIA DE LAS COMUNICACIONES
dc.titleForeign Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2007
dc.type.coarpublicación seriada
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