Thesis analyses FDI flows to 9 of new member states of European Union basicly from other member states. FDI flows are described as a result of investment incetives, economic situation, political situation and atractivity of countries. The main aim is to compare countries FDI flows based on this characteristics.

The paper deals with the role of FDI in a country's economic development. First the economic development and the role of FDI in this process is described for Czech Republic and Taiwan. Further, the relationships between the two countries and EU as a major international player are analyzed. Next a comparison of the economic development and FDI in both of the named countries is carried out. In the the mutual economic and FDI relationships between Czech Republic and Taiwan are analysed. These relationships are demosntrated on the case of taiwanese FDI in Czech Republic including the reasons which lead the investor's decisions.

This study examined the impact of in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in developing economies. ‘Institutional Advancement ‘is defined as the degree to which a host country's institutional environment matches the standards well-established in developed market economies. The World Governance Indicators developed by the World Bank were used as a measure to determine Institutional Advancement. The developing and developed economies were compared to determine whether Institutional Advancement had the same effect in attracting FDI in different economies. An additional variable, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was introduced to investigate whether the state of the economy in each of the economy types also impacted on inward FDI. Data was collected from 2000 to 2009, however the analysis was done from 2002 due to the absence of a report on the World Governance Indicators in 2001. The results show that the World Governance Indicators did not present significant evidence that they impacted in attracting FDI in developing economies. GDP appeared to be a better predictor of FDI inflows than the World Governance Indicators in developing economies. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted

This study investigated the impact of air connectivity on macroeconomic factors, specifically tourism, FDI and trade in the Western Cape, based on quarterly data from 2010 to 2018. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds approach for cointegration was used to assess whether long-run relationships existed between air connectivity and tourism, FDI and trade. The ARDL bounds test found a cointegrated relationship between air connectivity and tourism, FDI and trade respectively. Air connectivity was found to have a positive and significant long-run relationship with tourism This also supports the literature findings that air connectivity improves countries' accessibility and increases tourist arrivals from various markets. This confirms that air connectivity leads to an increase in the number of international tourists visiting the Western Cape, which contributes significantly to the tourism industry and the Western Cape economy. In addition, air connectivity was observed to have a positive but statistically insignificant long-run relationship with FDI and trade respectively. Therefore, this study concludes that air connectivity plays a key role in the economy, specifically regarding tourism through the facilitation of more tourists into the Western Cape. Furthermore, although the study showed positive and insignificant relationships between air connectivity and FDI and trade respectively, air connectivity is related to FDI and trade and these relationships require further investigation. Therefore, it is recommended that policymakers and decisionmakers on the African continent need to have initiatives that support the improvement of air connectivity, especially given that Africa has only a 2.2% market share of global air passengers and less than 10% of the continent's population uses air transport. Other African countries and regions should use a similar approach to what the Western Cape has done to improve the air connectivity between Cape Town and the rest of the world. In addition, investment in airports and airport-related infrastructure is critical and necessary, as poor airport infrastructure has been cited to be one of the obstacles in improving air connectivity in the continent. Furthermore, the development of an air connectivity index for the continent is required. This index will have to take into account the availability of data and the African context. Where data does not exist, a robust plan for the collection of data will also have to be developed. Lastly, the regulation of the aviation market needs urgent attention, starting with an Open Skies policy. The deregulation of air access could play a significant role in improving the African Continent's air connectivity.

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In our increasingly globalised world, supranational regions, nation states and individual country regions are progressively more in competition with one another. How the nation state and region can become more competitive and how this competitiveness can be measured is open to debate. This thesis presents work based upon two aspects that have been proffered as to how competitiveness at the country and region level can be explained, that is through investment (via Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)) inflows and through the development of enterprise and in particular the enhancement of the small firm in international markets. The theme that runs through the thesis is one of competitiveness and competence. The competence of the region to attract FDI and the competence of the entrepreneur and the SME to undertake internationalisation. The thesis begins by examining the concepts of national and regional competitiveness. Two of the determinants of national and regional competitiveness are then considered - FDI and the level of small firm activity/entrepreneurship. The paper analyses the empirical and theoretical work on FDI and considers how regional competencies/factors can be used to attract FDI. SME internationalisation and its impact on regional competitiveness are then examined, focussing on the resources and competences, at the level of the entrepreneur and the firm, which influence SME internationalisation. The thesis contributes to the richness of understanding of the complex relationship between the range of explanatory factors at a regional, national and supra-national level that influence inbound FDI. In particular providing a much better understanding of UK regional FDI inflows. The section on internationalisation of SMEs contributes to the understanding of entrepreneurial and firm competences through the study of small firms at the county level of Northamptonshire. This county is a relatively under-researched area in the study of SMEs and in the study of the county's SME activity in international markets it has been even more sparsely investigated.

Aborder le thème de l’attractivité des investissements directs étrangers (IDE) relève d’une préoccupation essentielle pour la Tunisie. Depuis les années 1970, les IDE sont devenus un vecteur clef dans la croissance du pays, en témoignent les différentes mesures législatives et réglementaires qui ont été prises afin de préparer un cadre attractif pour les investisseurs. Cependant, au regard des efforts consentis et des avantages accordés, les résultats sont plutôt décevants et restent loin des attentes. Dés lors, il est intéressant d’étudier les déterminants des IDE en Tunisie et leurs effets sur l’économie locale en particulier sur la croissance économique. A cette fin le capital humain est mis au cœur du mécanisme en analysant son impact sur la croissance et la manière dont il interagit avec les flux d’IDE. C’est autour de cette thématique que notre thèse est axée. L’analyse statistique et économétrique menée au cours de ce travail montre que durant les deux dernières décennies, les IDE en Tunisie s’expliquent par la réalisation des projets ponctuels de prospections pétrolières et des opérations de privatisation de grandes entreprises publiques. Ce sont principalement les secteurs rentiers (hydrocarbures) et les opérations non reconductibles de privatisation qui ont attiré le plus d’IDE, alors que les IDE manufacturiers restent toujours polarisés par le textile et l’habillement. Il apparaît aussi, que l’IDE, hors énergie et privatisations, est faible. De plus, ces opérations n’ont pas déclenché une dynamique d’entrée d’IDE dans ces secteurs. Pour conclure, les résultats attestent clairement de l’effet peu significatif de l’évolution des flux d’IDE et des taux de scolarisation (capital humain) sur la croissance économique en Tunisie. Il ressort aussi que les IDE pris isolément affectent positivement la croissance mais sans crée autant des externalités positives (effets spillovers). / Addressing the issue of the attractiveness of foreign direct investment is a major concern for countries like Tunisia. Since the 1970s, the attractiveness of FDI became a key variable in the country’s economic growth, as shown by the adoption of different legislative and regulatory measures meant to create a favorable environment for investors. However, given the amount of efforts invested and benefits granted, the results come across as being pretty disappointing and all remain far from the goals and hopes initially raised. In this context, it is interesting to study the FDI determinants in Tunisia and their impact on the local economy especially in terms of national growth. To this end, we will focus on the important role played by the human capital, its effects on growth and the way it interacts with the flows of FDI. The core of the thesis will indeed revolve around this theme. The statistical and econometric analysis undertaken in the dissertation will show that for the past two decades, FDI in Tunisia have been the result of a few oil exploration projects and privatization of big public companies. It is mainly the annuitant sector (hydrocarbon) and the non-renewable privatization projects that have attracted the most FDI, whereas industrial FDI remain polarized by the textile-Apparel industries. It also appears that, privatizations and energy sector set aside, FDI remain weak. Not only that, these operations have not triggered a dynamic input on FDI for these sectors. In conclusion, the results clearly prove that progress in FDI and school enrollment ratio (human capital) in Tunisia has had little effect on the Tunisian economic growth. It also has been brought to our attention that, taken alone, FDI have a positive impact on growth; however they fail to create spillover effects.

One of the most visible signs of the globalization of the world economy is the increase of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows across countries. This past decade the trend of FDI has shifted from developed countries to emerging economies, which is most notably in the BRICS countries. However, as BRICS reputation has been damaged these past years due to its weak growth outlook in the early 2010s, investors are shifting to the new economic grouping acronym, the MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey) countries for better future prospects of FDI destination. Since the MINT countries have emerged as a popular destination of FDI, it is necessary to investigate what are the key factors that make these four countries attractive as FDI destinations. Hence, this paper analyzes what are the determinants of inward FDI into the MINT countries during the time period from 1990 to 2014. To be able to answer the research question and demonstrate the effect of the seven independent variables (market size, economic instability, natural resources availability, infrastructure facilities, trade openness, institutional stability and political stability) on FDI as a dependent variable, the study uses a panel data analysis. The data is based on secondary data, which is collected from the World Bank dataset. The empirical finding from the study illustrates that market size, economic instability, infrastructure facilities, trade openness, institutional stability, and political stability are significant as determinants FDI inflows to the MINT countries, meanwhile, natural resources availability appears to be an insignificant determinant of FDI inflows to the MINT countries.

<p>Utländska direktinvesteringar har under senare år på bred front ökat sin framfart runtom i världen. Dessa har bidragit till en ökad välfärd för såväl företag som länder, och framför allt utvecklingsländer är i stort behov av dessa då både kunskap och ny teknologi överförs till värdlandet. Denna uppsats syftar till att analysera variabler som varit viktiga drivare för FDI, och med hjälp av en regressionsanalys undersöka sambandet i Sydamerika. Resultatet överensstämmer till viss del med teorin. Protektionistiska tullar, utbredd turism samt till viss del hög export är de variabler som attraherar FDI i störst utsträckning.</p>