国际商务英语课文电子版lesson19---lesson22合集

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1、国际商务英语谍®lfeson19—Iesson22Lesson19ForeignDirectInvestment?

2、Foreigndirectinvestmentisthemajorformofinternationalinvestment,whereby(throughFDI)residentsofonecountryacquire获锚setsinaforeigncountryforthepurposeofcontrollingandmanagingthem.WhydoesFDIoccur?Aninsti

3、nctive本能的answertothequestionbymanypeoplemaybethattheratesofinvestmentreturns(投资回报率)arehigherinaforeigncountry.Thisanswer,thoughseemingly似乎plausible似乎有理的，isactuallyfarfetched牵僵.JustthinkofthefactthatBritainisbothamajorsourceofFDIintheUnitedStatesandanimport

4、antdestinationforFDIfromthecountry.WecannotsaytheratesofinvestmentreturnsintheUnitedStatesisatthesametimehigherthanthoseinBritain(whichexplainsinvestmentintoit)andlower(whichjustifies说明的理由capitalflowtotheoppositedirection)・我们不能说,因为美国的投资收益率高于英国的投资收益率，所以资金流向

5、美国。同时，又因秀国的投资率低于英国的投资率，所以资金又同时流向英国。Weshouldthereforelookformorespecificfactorsinfluencingafirmertake(toenqaqein从事)FDI.TheUKTheUSASourceSourceDestinationDestinatioiControllingcostsisthefirstmajormotivationforengaginginFDI.Andlowering①productioncostsisanimpo

6、rtantconsideration.Aforeigncountrymayhavelowerlandprices,taxratesorcostoflabor,allofwhichwillreducetheproductioncoststoaconsiderabledegree,makingforeignlocationsmoreattractive.②Transportationcostwhichmaybeverysignificant很大forsomeproductssuchasbeveraqeswill

7、alsoencourageanenterprisetoengageinproductionintheforeignmarketthroughFDItosave节省thefeesforlongdistaneetransportation.Gainingaccesstonaturalresources（获得自然资源）isanothermajormotivationforfirmstoundertakeFDI.Integrated（综合性的一开采、炼油与销售）oilcompanies,forexample,oft

8、eninvestabroadtoobtainaccesstonewoildeposits（油ffl，油矿）whendomestic（oil）reserves石油矿藏aredecreasing.Someinternationalenterprisesnegotiatewithhostgovernments东道国政府foravailability获得ofrawmaterialsinreturnforFDI.Forinstance,aPhilippinecompanyinvestedinbuildingtunac

9、anneriesonanIndonesianislandaspartofadealwiththeIndonesiangovernmenttoallowsomePhilippinetunaboatstofishitsseas.SometimesitmaybemoreadvantageousM加有利的toinvestinforeignfirmsforthepurposeofutilizing利用theirexisti