TY - CHAP AB - Purpose To analyze the industrial development of South, East, and Southeast Asian nations in terms of investment and trade and how the institutional environment – in particular, the government policy with regard to outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) – has played a role in this respect.Methodology/approach The chapter puts OFDI policy and industrial upgrading in newly industrialized, emerging, and developing Asian economies (NIEDAEs) in historical perspective to attempt to draw inference from their past behavior.Findings The chapter provides information about each NIEDAE’s experience with OFDI policy through a comparative analysis of OFDI promotional policy.Practical implications A useful source of information about each NIEDAE’s OFDI policy approach, the chapter attempts to draw recommendations for OFDI policy.Originality/value This chapter fulfills an information need and offers practical help to government policy makers. VL - 9 SN - 978-1-78441-421-4, 978-1-78441-422-1/1745-8862 DO - 10.1108/S1745-886220140000009011 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-886220140000009011 AU - De Beule Filip AU - Van Den Bulcke Danny AU - Zhang Haiyan PY - 2014 Y1 - 2014/01/01 TI - Impact of Outward Foreign Direct Investment Promotion Policy: Evidence from Newly Industrialized, Emerging, and Developing Asian Economies T2 - Multinational Enterprises, Markets and Institutional Diversity T3 - Progress in International Business Research PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 281 EP - 302 Y2 - 2024/09/19 ER -