The Internationalisation of the Italian Economy – Foreign Investments in Italy and from Italy to Abroad (1993)
The term internationalisation is preferably used to refer to the growth of capital movements and brings together movements of risk capital, financial capital, and purely speculative capital. With this work, Eurispes intends to take stock of that part of capital movements that represent actual acquisitions of productive activities, either already in place or newly created. Among the main results of the work, we note the growth in quantitative terms of productive investment flows and a clear reduction in investments in mining and agricultural activities with a corresponding increase in investments in the tertiary sector. Europe’s overall growth as an investor and as a receiver of capital is also recorded. Italy’s position shows particularly relevant elements: first of all, it has lost its role as a capital-importing country. A series of flashes complete the research on some significant aspects of international investment markets, particularly the new markets of Eastern Europe.
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Contents
Foreword
PART I – THE ITALIAN POSITION
Chapter 1. The international panorama
Chapter 2. The Italian general framework
Italy’s Position
Italian Investments Abroad
Foreign Investments in Italy
The Dynamics of the Internationalisation of the Italian Economy
The Geographical Directives of Italian Investment Abroad
The Structure of Italian Investment Abroad
Investments from abroad by country of origin
The Structure of Investments from Abroad
Chapter 3. Inward and Outward Industrial Investment
Inbound and Outbound Industrial Investment
Italian Direct Investment Abroad in Industry
Italian Foreign Direct Investment in Industry
Geographical Directions
Sectoral and Geographical Macrostructures
Sectoral Articulation
PART II – CASES AND PROBLEMS
Chapter 4. Direct investment in Eastern Europe
Chapter 5. The role of multinationals
Chapter 6. The European Economic Area
Chapter 7. International support for foreign direct investment
Chapter 8. Foreign investment in the automotive industry in Eastern Europe: an example of a regional network strategy
Chapter 9. Foreign direct investment in Argentina
Chapter 10. Statistical difficulties in measuring foreign investment
PART III – STATISTICAL APPENDIX