本站原创摘要5-6
ABSTRACT6-12
1. Introduction12-16
1.1. Background12-13
1.2. Main research points and objectives13
1.3. Perspective13-14
1.4. Limitations14
1.5. Methodology appped in the research14
1.6. Structure of the Thesis14-15
1.7. Chapter Summary15-16
2. Literature Review16-26
2.1. FDI Concept and types16-18
2.2. Effects of FDI in the host country18-23
2.3. Review of Methodologies23-25
2.4. Chapter Summary25-26
3. Current situation of FDI in Costa Rica26-37
3.1. General information of Costa Rica26-27
3.2. Economic information of Costa Rica27-28
3.3. Evolution of FDI in Costa Rica28-30
3.4. Advantages offered by Costa Rica to attract FDI30-33
3.4.1. Free Zone Regime31
3.4.2. Active Improvement Regime31
3.4.3. Agreements31-33
3.5. FDI Source countries33-35
3.6. Economic Sectors of destiny of FDI in Costa Rica35-36
3.7. Chapter Summary36-37
4. Effects of FDI on the economy of Costa Rica37-53
4.1. Production37-40
4.1.1. Primary Sector38
4.1.2. Secondary Sector38-39
4.1.3. Tertiary Sector39-40
4.2. Exports40-41
4.3. Employment and wages41-43
4.4. Touri43-44
4.5. Correlation Analysis44-52
4.6. Chapter Summary52-53
5. Shortcomings of FDI in Costa Rica53-57
5.1. FDI attraction popcies he to improve53-54
5.2. Delay in Infrastructure54
5.3. Labor supply versus market needs54-55
5.4. Innovation and Competitiveness55
5.5. Limited Source countries of FDI55
5.6. Productive entailment of FDI with all and medium size companies55-56
5.7. Chapter Summary56-57
6. Conclusions and Suggestions57-62
REFERENCES62-65
NOWLEDGEMENT65-66
APPENDIX66-71
Appendix No.1 FDI inflows to the economy of Costa Rica(1980-2011)66-67
Appendix No.2 Composition of FDI by Source Country67-68
Appendix No.3 Relation between FDI and GDP68
Appendix No.4 Relation between FDI and Exports68-69
Appendix No.5 Comparison of the erage monthly wage of a worker of FTZ and theerage monthly wage of a local worker in USD(2006-2010)69
Appendix No.6 Relation between Touri investment and GDP in Costa Rica(2007-2011)USD milpon69-70
Appendix No.7 SPSS variable correlations display70-71
Appendix No.8 SPSS Logarithm Correlations display71