Tehran in the Process of Economic Globalization

One of the most important indices of the economic globalization is the foreign direct investment. As a global; phenomenon, the foreign direct investment grew in the late ninetieth century and early twentieth century. Meantime, the major supplying source of the foreign direct investment is the firms and corporations belonging to industrial countries. The point that should be mentioned is that the share of the metropolises from attracting the foreign direct investment varies and the policies and management of each city is to attract more investment and introduce itself as a global city. In this regard, the metropolis of Tehran in 2010, attracting 198758 000 billion dollars, looks as if it has been unable to successfully manage the FDI attraction while other cities like Istanbul have overtaken Tehran .In this research, to collect data, using the library methods and studying the content of the Persian and English documents, literature and related statistics have been extracted and analyzed trough a analytical descriptive approach. Furthermore, recommendations and policies in order to attract the FDI have been presented. As Taylor sees Tehran in 2001 along with cities that experience the least of globalization effects, the current research based on attracting the FDI approves this.

Economic globalization, FDI, Global cities, Metropolis of Tehran