Motives of Non-American Firms Investing in the United States

摘要: Non-American firms have recently begun investing larger sums of money in the U.S. Such increased activity has created a great deal interest and concern. The growth foreign direct investment findings mailed questionnaire will be reviewed this article. Factor analysis was utilized to help isolate salient motives for these activities. Although size market attractiveness new or desire preserve existing were most frequently cited reasons U.S., factor reveals that merely reinforce primary motive: namely, benefit from higher level technology innovation.