According to the Text,the Most Important Concerns Regarding the Costs

question 127

Multiple Choice

According to the text,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."

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