Motives of Foreign Firms in Pakistan
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چکیده
To date no study has been made to explore the FDI motives of foreign firms in Pakistan. An attempt has been made to rectify this position through a survey of both whollyand majority-owned multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the economy. Market size and growth variables appear to be the most cited reasons for FDI by MNEs in the sample. The use of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) also reinforces the significance of market size as the motive for FDI in Pakistan. The other underlying factors produced by the EFA are: expansion of business, low input prices, desire to lower the transaction costs and psychic distance.
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