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Essay/Discussion Questions 1. Describe and explain how MNCs have grown so quickly in the past 40 years. 2. Explain the role that foreign direct investment (FDI) has played in the global economy. 3. Why do MNCs remain overwhelmingly concentrated in the advanced industrial countries? 4. Explain where, how and why some developing countries are becoming both the host of foreign firms and home to domestic MNCs. 5. Explain the concept of locational advantages and historically their three specific country characteristics. 6. Describe, explain and give examples of the differences between market imperfections and locational advantages of MNCs. 7. Describe, explain and give examples of the differences between horizontal and vertical integration of the activities of MNCs. 8. Describe the dilemmas for host countries of inviting MNC foreign investments into their economies. 9. Explain and give examples of the differences between positive and negative externalities as a result of MNC activity in a host country. 10. Discuss the relationship between labor and foreign capital in the developing world. Include in your answer the effect on women.
