Foreign direct investment as one of the international distribution mechanisms to achieve the competitive advantage : case of Algeria 2002-2017

الملخص EN

This study aims at discuss one of the most important subjects of today, the foreign direct investment and the competitive advantage, where great importance is given to it, most companies are urged to take partnership with foreign companies to be protected from dangers or threats of competition, the study has concluded that foreign investment has a vital role to improve competition through improving the skills or capacities through training that employees receive, it has also a role to help the local companies take a part in the international market on the other hand the foreign investment has some inconvenient directed to the local companies which can take them out of the market.