The impact of the direct foreign investment in Colombia

Abstract

The development of this thesis is based on the study of the general theory about the direct foreign investment which comprehends the general definition and its general effects for the investor and for the receptor of the investment. In order to understand the concepts about this issue is mandatory to make a deep search in specialize books in order to get different points of view about the Direct Foreign Investment and for starting to build the bases of my investigation. One of the key elements of analyze is to set up a correlation between the GDP and the FDI in some sectors.

The second approach will be the general study of the Latin American case focused on the Colombian situation. The understanding of the Latin America frame will allow to comprehend the regional situation and to identify key concepts for the Colombian case in order to measure and to analyse the real impact on the economical, social and cultural fields.

The economical impact will be evaluated through the most important sectors of the Colombian economy. This will allow to identify the principal receptors of the FDI and to analyse the impact of the FDI in two senses: for the Colombian firms and for the foreign firms.

The social aspect of FDI will be evaluate from the perspective of different indexes which measure social aspects in different countries and the objective will be to measure its connexion with the FDI.

Finally we are going to see how the FDI keeps a relation with the cultural aspect of the country. This relation has been established by the modification of the organizational culture of a huge range of firms that are set up in the country.