The Most Important Concerns Regarding the Costs of FDI for the Home-Country

question 5

Multiple Choice

The most important concerns regarding the costs of FDI for the home-country center on:

• A) the balance-of-payments and employment effects of outward FDI.
• B) the technology capture effect and the perceived loss of national sovereignty.
• C) the reverse-resource transfer effect and the exposure to foreign markets caused by FDI.
• D) the import of substantial input from abroad and being held to "economic ransom."
• E) the exposure to foreign markets and the decreased costs of production.

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