Multinacionais brasileiras e investimento externo direto: uma revisão da pesquisa nacional

Abstract

This article presents a critical analysis of the research on the foreign direct investment effected by Brazilian companies. It has been done an extensive survey of the academic production in several Brazilian publications, as well as in annals of academic congresses and collections of theses and dissertations of the main Brazilian universities. In the same way, it also presents a revision concerning the main topics in the theory and the available statistical data. It is observed that, although the advance of the last years, the research on the subject still remains incipient and fragmented. It consists basically of single case studies, adopting as theoretical support the Behaviorist School. Finally, the last section of this article presents a proposal for a research agenda, pointing the main questions that remain in open as well as opportunities for future studies.