Assignment:
Respond to your Discussion topic after you have completed your reading.
FDI Inflow Differences
In 2008, inward FDI accounted for some 63.7 percent of gross fixed capital formation in Ireland but only 4.1 percent in Japan (gross fixed capital formation refers to investments in fixed assets such as factories, warehouses, and retail stores).
Checklist:
• Visit the MSU globalEDGE website:
Source: Global EDGE. Retrieved from https://globaledge.msu.edu/
• Do some research on Japan and Ireland.
Discuss the following:
• What factors do you think explain this difference in FDI inflows into these two countries?
Be sure to address the Discussion topic(s) in an initial post of at least 100 words no later than Saturday night Eastern Time. Be sure to respond to at least two others (not including the professor) and participate in the Discussion by posting on three different days of the unit.