Can the “New Forms of Investment” Substitute for the “Old Forms?” A Transaction Costs Perspective

Journal of International Business Studies - Tập 20 - Trang 211-234 - 1989
Jean-François Hennart1
1The Wharton School,

Tóm tắt

This paper uses transaction costs theory is used to explain the features of the new contractual alternatives to foreign direct investment (the “new forms”), to assess their efficiency, and to forecast their future development.