TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION Error! Bookmark not defined 1.1 Background Error! Bookmark not defined 1.2 Rationale and importance of the study Error! Bookmark not defined 1.3 Problem diagnosis Error! Bookmark not defined 1.4 Research Objectives Error! Bookmark not defined 1.5 Scope and limitation of the study Error! Bookmark not defined 1.6 Research Methodology Error! Bookmark not defined 1.6.1 Data and Information Collection Error! Bookmark not defined Chapter 2: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND LITERATURE REVIEWError! Bookmark not defined 2.1 Theoretical FDI Error! Bookmark not defined 2.2 Definition and Reason for FDI Error! Bookmark not defined 2.2.1 Strategic Behaviors Error! Bookmark not defined 2.2.2 Product Life Cycle Error! Bookmark not defined 2.2.3 Industrial Organization Error! Bookmark not defined 2.2.4 Internalization Error! Bookmark not defined 2.2.5 Eclectic Paradigm Error! Bookmark not defined 2.2.6 The Theory of Internationalization of FDI (OLI Paradigm)Error! 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