Naslov
Regional aspects of FDI in Croatia

Autori
Derado, Dražen ; Škudar Alen ; Rakušić, Spomenka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Ninth International Conference 'Challenges of Europe: Growth and Competitiveness - Reversing the Trends' Proceedings: PDF on CD ROM with full papers / Reić, Zlatan ; Šimić, Vladimir - Split : Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, 2011, 263-292

Skup
Ninth International Conference 'Challenges of Europe: Growth and Competitiveness - Reversing the Trends'

Mjesto i datum
Bol, Hrvatska; Split, Hrvatska, 26.05.2011. - 28.05.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
FDI; OLI-paradigm; location characteristics; regional development; Croatia; EU

Sažetak
Globalization and economic integration, together with actual technological development and new internationalization strategies of MNEs, have promoted regions to relevant entities of economic activities in general and recipients of FDI in particular. The existing theoretical literature on FDI gives a good basis for the analysis of factors which determine FDI-flows at regional level and these include: microeconomic performance, region-specific institutional factors and forces behind agglomeration economics. Despite large inflows of FDI, Croatia failed to realize significant sector- and region-specific spill-over effects of foreign capital. The analysis of Croatian counties shows strong positive correspondence between local economies’ performance (sales, labour productivity, exports, net-wages) and the amount of inward FDI, thus indicating relative ineffectiveness of the FDI-promotion legislation so far. However, realized improvements in the exiting legislation and further development of business climate, elimination of administrative barriers, institution building and support to agglomeration economics should further improve location advantages of individual regions and Croatian economy in general for hosting FDI.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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