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Leena Ajit Kaushal

FDI has been one of the most preferred means of Internationalisation for firms in the developing economies. The significant emergence of MNEs from the developing economies has attracted academicians’ interest across the globe. Inward FDI signals country’s attractiveness to the foreign investors whereas outward FDI signals country’s competence to venture beyond domestic boundary. OFDI from India has increased sharply since the beginning of the 2000s. An attempt is made of identify country-specific push factors encouraging Indian overseas investments for the period 1991-2014 using time series data. The study considers the eclectic paradigm of Dunning framework and four main FDI motivations.

DOI : https://doi.org/10.21102/gefj.2017.03.101.04