ABSTRACT
In this concluding chapter, we identify some of the areas in which combining disciplinary approaches can provide a richer understanding of international investment activity as it relates to policy-making by government. We also point out some of the gaps in our current understanding of international investment policy that our overview of disciplinary silos reveals, such as inadequate consideration of social, environmental and other non-economic impacts of foreign investment. We offer a variety of suggestions for further research and analysis that scholars in economics, international business, law and political science should undertake to support policy-making, including more systematic use of firm-specific approaches, especially for the purposes of developing country-specific international investment policy.
