Foreign Investment, Development, and Globalization Can Costa Rica Be
This book engages the question, hotly debated among theorists and policymakers alike, of how a developing country's pursuit of foreign direct investment (FDI) affects its development prospects in a globalized world. Can small latecomers to economic develo
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Foreign Investment, Development, and Globalization
10.1057/9781403978813 - Foreign Investment, Development, and Globalization, Eva Paus
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Can Costa Rica Become Ireland? Eva Paus
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Foreign Investment, Development, and Globalization
FOREIGN INVESTMENT, DEVELOPMENT, AND GLOBALIZATION
© Eva Paus, 2005.
First published in 2005 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 1–4039–6983–3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Paus, Eva. Foreign investment, development, and globalization : can Costa Rica become Ireland? / Eva Paus. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–6983–3 1. Investments, Foreign—Ireland. 2. International business enterprises—Ireland. 3. Investments, Foreign—Costa Rica. 4. International business enterprises—Costa Rica. 5. High technology industries. 6. Globalization. I. Title. HG5450.3.A3P38 2005 332.67⬘3⬘097286—dc22
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List of Tables
vii
List of Figures and Graphs
ix
Acronyms and Abbreviations
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
1. Foreign Direct Investment in the Global Age: New Opportunities for Development?
1
2. High-Tech FDI-Led Growth in Small Latecomers: An Analytical Framework
11
3. The Rise of the Celtic Tiger
45
4. The Development of Knowledge-Based Assets in Ireland
83
5. From Coffee to Computers: High-Tech FDI in Costa Rica
135
6. The Tico Tiger That Hasn’t . . .
173
7. Lessons from Ireland and Costa Rica
189
Notes
207
References
225
Index
239
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