Political Risk Analysis and Direct Foreign Investment: Some Problems of Definition and Measurement

Green Robert T. , Political Instability as a Determinant of U.S. Foreign Investments, Studies in Marketing, No. 17, Bureau of Business Research, Graduate School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, 1972; Nehrt Lee C. , “The Political Climate for Private Investment, Analysis Will Reduce Uncertainty,” Business Horizons (June 1972), pp. 51–58; Root Franklin R. , “Analyzing Political Risks in International Business,” in Kapoor Ashok Grub Phillip D. , eds., The Multinational Enterprise in Transition (Princeton, NJ: The Darwin Press, 1972); Van Agtmael A. , “How Business Has Dealt with Political Risk,” Financial Executive January 1976), pp. 26–30.

Kobrin Stephen , “Political Risk: A Review and Reconsideration,” Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. X, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 1979):77.

Fayweather John , “Nationalism and the Multinational Firm,” in Kapoor Ashok Grub Phillip D. , eds., op. tit; Green Robert T. , “Political Structure as a Predictor of Radical Political Change,” Columbia Journal of World Business, Vol. IX, No. 1 (Spring 1974):28–36; Kobrin Stephen , “Political Assessment by International Firms: Models or Methodologies,” Journal of Policy Modeling 3/2 (1981):251–270; MacMillan I.C. , “Business Strategies for Political Action,” Journal of General Management (Autumn 1974).

Green Robert T. , op. tit., (1972); Green Robert T. , op. tit., (1974); Green Robert T. Korth Christopher M. , “Political Instability and the Foreign Investor,” California Management Review (Fall 1974), pp. 23–31; Van Agtmael A. , op. cit.

Robock S. , “Political Risk: Identification and Assessment,” Columbia Journal of World Business (July/August 1971), p. 7.

Ibid.; Root Franklin R. , op. tit., (1972); Root F. , “U.S. Business Abroad and Political Risks,” MSU Business Topics (Winter 1968), pp. 73–80.

Robock , op. tit.

Kobrin , op. tit, (1979), p. 71

Root , op. tit, (1972).

Kobrin , op. tit., (1979), p. 74.

Haner F.T. , “Business Environmental Risk Index,” Bests Review (Property Liability ed.)(July 1975).

Rummel R.J. Heenan D.A. , “How Multinationals Analyze Political Risk,” Harvard Business Review (January/February 1978), pp. 67–76.

Sethi S. Prakash , “Comparative Cluster Analysis of World Markets,” Journal of Marketing Research (August 1971); Sethi S. Prakash Curry David L. , “Variable and Object Clustering of Cross-Cultural Data: Some Implications for Comparative Research and Policy Formulation,” Journal of Comparative Political Studies (October 1972); Sethi S. Prakash Holton Richard H. , “Country Typologies for the Multinational Corporation: A New Basic Approach,” California Management Review (Spring 1973).

Stobaugh R. , “How to Analyze Foreign Investment Climates,” Harvard Business Review (September/October 1969), pp. 100–107.

Kobrin , op. cit., (1979), p. 72.

LaPalombara J. Blank S. , Multinational Corporations in Comparative Perspective (New York, NY: The Conference Board, 1977); Root F. , op. cit., (1968).

Kobrin Stephen J. , “The Environmental Determinants of Foreign Direct Manufacturing Investment: An ExPost Empirical Analysis,” Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 1976):35.

Aguilar F.J. , Scanning the Business Environment (New York, NY: MacMillan, 1967); Keegan W. , “Multinational Scanning: A Study of Information Sources Used by Headquarters Executives in Multinational Companies,” Administrative Science Quarterly (September 1974), pp. 411–421.

Kobrin S. Basek J. Blank S. LaPalombara J. , “The Assessment and Evaluation of Non-Economic Environments by American Firms: A Preliminary Report,” Journal of International Business Studies (Spring/Summer 1980).