Effect of foreign direct investment in the banking sector on the Research Proposal

Effect of foreign direct enthronisation in the banking sector on the Libyan banking industry - Research Proposal Examplen investor prat alter the way of doing business for the new company including change of name, nature of doing business or the products on offer (Froot26-27).According to Barclay, firms mostly multinationals engage in Foreign Direct Investment with the aim of increase profitability and to a fault increasing its global presence (101). It is also aimed at minimising risk that is inherent in international business operations. A firm that engages in FDI stands a better chance of surviving in turbulent economical ages if it operates in more than one grocery. A firm may also engage in FDI to check the expansion of a local competitor into a new grocery store (Barclay 77). The aim is to prevent the local competitor from gaining a foothold in a foreign market and then using its newly acquired status and resources to destabilize the local market.Martinez says that Libya is a country in the African continent with a fairly complicated history (81). It has evolved from decades of misrule, revolutions among other national evils. It has for a long time been accused of sponsoring terrorist activities, and was listed among the axis of evil by the American government. Libya was tell under the microscope by the United Nations after it was accused of sheltering the suspects accused of the Lockerbie bombing. Consequently it was put under UN sanctions and this severely affected its economy.Today Libya is one of the acclivitous economic giants in Africa courtesy of its abundant oil resources (Ham 35). It has also normalised its relations with the west and the UN lifted its economic sanctions after the Arab state complied with the set demands. Libya has a population of around 6 million people and a GDP of $21 billion. It has carried out extensive private and public sector reforms to encourage foreign investors so as to spur the local economy.The banking indust ry in Libya is fairly complicated (Collard 71-72). Due to the embargo that was put by the UN and other