A study of language effects on inward FDI flows in Southeast Asia

2019

Master's thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2019 This master thesis explores how language might affectthe yearly flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) towards five Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. This is aresearch area that has been quite unexplored, and we find it interesting to put forward some hypotheses to observe if there exist such effects or not. By using multiple regression analysison a relevant dataset, three main hypothesesare tested:•Countries in which a global language holds an official status will contribute more FDI than other countries.•Countries that share a global language with a FDI recipient co…