Date of Award
2024
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD)
Abstract
FDI, an increasingly popular form of international investment providing an alternative means of establishing or expanding existing businesses overseas through its various forms of ownership, stood the test of time. Centuries after its presence, FDI is still a successful economic model and is recognized for its significant contributions to the revolution of global capital movement.
FDI took a shallow dive into Vietnam to begin but emerged as a driving force in the State’s economic growth and development. While significant lines of research have been devoted to exploring factors that impact FDI efficiency by using multiple research methods, we are left with identifying an appropriate approach to determine FDI's effects on Vietnam’s economic growth and development and the negative impacts that FDI left on Vietnam’s ecosystem in particular. In addition, despite a large body of research highlighting FDI achievements, a crucial consideration of the status of FDI was partly discovered. Furthermore, many FDI scholars focused on FDI implementation and economic governance, though there are limitations in assessing the importance of the FDI climate in investors’ strategies and Vietnam’s FDI strategic development schemes.
My departure began with the fact that FDI has been defined as an “engine of economic growth” in Vietnam. While FDI’s potentialities have been well perceived, its significance in investors’ strategies and Vietnam’s FDI development schemes and spillover effects on economic growth and development have not yet received much attention. What has not been emphasized is the next step in the research stream of the importance of FDI and investment climate in investors’ strategies and Vietnam’s FDI development schemes. This stream of research requires that an appropriate approach and theoretical framework be identified to determine the role that FDI and the investment climate play in investors’ strategies and Vietnam’s FDI strategic attraction, development, and policy improvements. I aimed to fill in the gaps with extensive research on Vietnam’s FDI and investment climate with a strong focus on developing a new approach for assessing the spillover effects of FDI on Vietnam’s economic growth and development and the investment climate significance in investors’ decisions and Vietnam’s FDI development strategies at the macro and micro levels.
Recommended Citation
Nguyen Spitler, Angelina, "FDI in Developing Countries: A Study of Vietnam" (2024). Maurer Theses and Dissertations. 127.
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/etd/127