ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book analyses the emergence of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in Slovenia, a small Central European transition economy. It examines the origins of Slovenian firms' outward foreign direct investment (FDI) and developments in the first transition decade, what are the roles and consequences of outward FDI, how does it effect the transition and how, in turn, have the transitions affected the nature of internationalization. The book briefly summarizes the main trends in outward FDI's evolution and addresses some core issues explaining why firms have to internationalize and the pattern of their internationalization, i.e. when, how and where they undertake their international operations. Companies investing abroad perform much better than non-investing companies, and compared to the average Slovenian company.
