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Eclectic Theory and Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria: A Contextual Overview

In: The African Review
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Samuel S. Idowu Affiliated to the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Covenant University Ota, Ogun State Nigeria

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Abstract

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an integral and indispensable source of foreign capital for both the developed and developing countries aside its catalytic economic growth accompanying it. Hence, the competition to court more to maximizing its positives by countries is intensified in the contemporary world and eclectic theory offers significant insights on the tripartite and interrelated platforms of ownership, location, and internalization advantages to the appropriation of FDI to an economy. Therefore, this article main objective is to examine Nigeria’s experience in this regard. The case study research method is adopted to carry out a contextual assessment of Nigeria’s FDI position within the eclectic theory framework using secondary data sources. The findings reveal that Nigeria’s location advantages are not too conducive for FDI attraction and optimum exploitation of the internalization advantages by firms which consequently deprived the country of its benefits of export-driven economy objective and employment generation amongst others. The study recommends diversification of her economy and recalibration of the country’s political, economic and policy environment to enable positive predictability, FDI attraction, and its inherent returns appropriation.

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