Download or read book Global Latinas written by L. Casanova and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-02-27 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign Direct Investment from emerging economies reached $130 billion in 2005, the highest level ever recorded. The number of multinationals from emerging economies in the global Fortune 500 has increased from 19 in 1990 to 47 in 2005, with about ten of them coming from Latin America. This book focuses on understanding this new phenomenon.