Crossing the river by feeling the stones : how China's state-driven FDI in Africa is gradually challenging conventional FDI theory

• Main Author: Ratcliffe, Sebastian T.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65489
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Since the early 2000s China's investment into the African continent has increased dramatically. While much has been written on the effects of Chinese engagement on African development, what has received less attention is how Chinese FDI departs from traditional FDI theory such as the OLI or Upp...