Investment

If your area of interest lies more with investment, then maybe this is the perfect topic for you! Take a look at some of our examples below:

Example investment dissertation topic 1:

On-going foreign direct investment in Russia: A risk too far?

The benefits of FDI for the host nation are well established. Inward FDI creates job opportunities which lead to increases in wages. The transfer of resources also usually results in an inward movement of capital and technological knowledge and through so doing can upgrade the existing technical processes in a host country. However, there are risks associated with FDI and within the context of FDI into Russia this dissertation seeks to ascertain whether the risks associated with corruption outweigh the potential rewards to those who make the FDI. Accordingly, this is a cross disciplinary dissertation that not only utilises economic theories but also comments upon the political economy of contemporary Russia and the stability and perceived trustworthiness of its institutions and processes of governance.

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Ledyaeva, S. (2009) ‘Spatial econometric analysis of foreign direct investment determinants in Russian regions’, World Economy, Vol. 32, pp. 643-666.
• Curtis, T., Griffin, T. and Kornecki, D. (2010) ‘Trends and recent development in foreign direct investment in Russia’, Working Paper, Nova Southeastern University, FL.