RESUMOO investimento direto externo (IDE) constitui uma expressão da globalização das relações econômicas em nível mundial. Empresas buscam, de forma crescente, estabelecer plantas produtivas, além de suas fronteiras nacionais. O estoque de IDE no mundo foi multiplicado por 7 vezes nas duas últimas décadas, impulsionado principalmente pelos investimentos nos países em desenvolvimento (PED
PROCESS OF BRAZILIAN ECONOMY INTERNATIONALIZATION: CHARACTERISTICS OF DIRECT INVESTMENT EXTERNAL POST 2008 CRISIS
ABSTRACTForeing direct investment (FDI) is an expression of the globalization of economic relations worldwide. Companies seek, increasingly, establish production plants beyond their national borders. The stock of FDI in the world was multiplied by 7 times in the last two decades, driven mainly by investiments in developing countries. The global economic crisis of 2008 imposed new movement of FDI towards developing countries. Brazil stood out in the FDI receiving, whose stock came to hold more than 10% of the PED FDI and 3.5% of global FDI, from the 2010. These figures show that the country was among the nations thar most received most of world FDI in the post crisis period 2008. On the other hand, foreign investiment issued by Brazil proved to be low, in stock and flows. The country remained a major recipiente of FDI and little sharer external productive investiment.