ABSTRACT
Traditionally foreign direct investments (FDI) have flowed from advanced developed economies into developed and developing countries. This chapter sheds light on the extent that multinationals from some of the major emerging economies, the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), are directly involved with firms in the Norwegian economy. Specific data were commissioned from Statistics Norway in order to provide relevant information. The chapter revises the literature in the field and position relative to the literature. It discusses the BRIC countries in terms of FDI in the world. The chapter explores analysis of the impacts of FDI from BRIC countries in Norway. It describes some of the reasons for the low investment of BRIC countries in Norway. It also contains the table which shows that the stock of outward FDI is smaller than the stock of inward FDI in each of the BRIC countries.
