Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Economies

The Caribbean countries of Jamaica Barbados and Trinidad-Tobago represent excellent examples of the increasingly important role played by Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in less developed micro-economies. The increased dependence of these countries on FDI however calls into question the attractiveness of the business environment of the region to the foreign investor.This volume examines both the investment behaviour and corporate strategies operating in these three countries and assesses the factors which influence the motivations location choices and market entry mode of multinationals making investments in the Caribbean.