The factors that influence foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Nur Adilla Othman

This study examines the factors that attract foreign direct investment in Malaysia for the period 1986 to 2015. FDI had contributed significantly to the transformation of the Malaysian economy as reflected by the changing composition of its exports and the raising share of FDI inflows. This study at...

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Main Author: Othman, Nur Adilla
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Language:English
Published: 2017
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spelling my-uitm-ir.937332024-04-17T03:38:38Z The factors that influence foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Nur Adilla Othman 2017 Othman, Nur Adilla Foreign investments. Country risk This study examines the factors that attract foreign direct investment in Malaysia for the period 1986 to 2015. FDI had contributed significantly to the transformation of the Malaysian economy as reflected by the changing composition of its exports and the raising share of FDI inflows. This study attempted to find out determinants of FDI inflows in Malaysia. The study used data concerning the FDI inflows into Malaysia from year 1986-2015 by using Ordinary Least Square method. Analysis was then carried out to identify the relevance of these determinants towards FDI inflows into Malaysia. Based on the result obtained, it shows that FDI inflows have significant positive relationship with gross domestic product, inflation and trade openness. While, real exchange rate show the negative impact towards foreign direct investment in Malaysia. 2017 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/93733/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/93733/1/93733.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu Faculty Of Business Management Johari, Mohammad Syukri
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Johari, Mohammad Syukri
topic Foreign investments
Country risk
spellingShingle Foreign investments
Country risk
Othman, Nur Adilla
The factors that influence foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Nur Adilla Othman
description This study examines the factors that attract foreign direct investment in Malaysia for the period 1986 to 2015. FDI had contributed significantly to the transformation of the Malaysian economy as reflected by the changing composition of its exports and the raising share of FDI inflows. This study attempted to find out determinants of FDI inflows in Malaysia. The study used data concerning the FDI inflows into Malaysia from year 1986-2015 by using Ordinary Least Square method. Analysis was then carried out to identify the relevance of these determinants towards FDI inflows into Malaysia. Based on the result obtained, it shows that FDI inflows have significant positive relationship with gross domestic product, inflation and trade openness. While, real exchange rate show the negative impact towards foreign direct investment in Malaysia.
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author Othman, Nur Adilla
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title The factors that influence foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Nur Adilla Othman
title_short The factors that influence foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Nur Adilla Othman
title_full The factors that influence foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Nur Adilla Othman
title_fullStr The factors that influence foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Nur Adilla Othman
title_full_unstemmed The factors that influence foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Nur Adilla Othman
title_sort factors that influence foreign direct investment in malaysia / nur adilla othman
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu
granting_department Faculty Of Business Management
publishDate 2017
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/93733/1/93733.pdf
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