Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer in the Former Soviet Union written by David A. Dyker and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors from Russia, the Ukraine, and Western Europe study how international investors have decided whether and in which sectors to invest in the transitional economies of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Despite its key role, the authors of these nine papers concede that the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic investment, production, and stability is complexly indirect. Tables furnish data on GDP, FDI specifics, and related economic indicators. Based on a report to the European Commission: Foreign Investment in the Former Soviet Union: a Key to Investment Efficiency in the Late Transition Period. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR