During the last years Switzerland has become the most favourite destination of the multinational corporations for localization of global or regional headquarters. The aim of this master thesis is to research the investment climate in each of the Switzerland's regions and to find out which factors play the most important role when multinational corporations are making decision about localization of their headquarters. In relation, I have defined another aim which is verification of the hypothesis which says that nowadays very important role in deciding about localization of multinational corporations' headquarters in Switzerland play soft factors. My first chapter explains the corporations' decision making about the localization of their headquarters. For that purpose I am using theoretical concepts for choosing business locations and above all the concept known as ,,emerging place decisions". At the end of the chapter I am going to confirm the practical usage of this concept through various study cases. In the second chapter I am going to concentrate on the multinational corporation's headquarters in Switzerland. I will describe not only the factors which influence its attractiveness, but also the situation and the characteristics of the headquarters in Switzerland. In the third chapter I am going to combine the obtained knowledge from the first two chapters in order to realize how cantonal offices function for promotion of the economics. First of all I will make a concept of the integrative management of the locations and furthermore I will mention the organization forms of these offices. Furthermore I will concentrate on their marketing point of view and on the cooperation between the cantons in this area. Finally in the fourth chapter I will first characterize the mutual trade and investment relations between the Czech Republic and Switzerland, including their promotion, and then I will try to evaluate the partnership between the Swiss and the Czech cities and regions.

In this paper a comparative exploration of the potential for foreign investment and real inflow to Russia and Ukraine are examined. The analysis showed that primarily both countries enjoyed significant comparative advantages in attracting foreign capital. Since the foundation of independent states in 1992 attractiveness began to diverge dramatically. This difference is clearly explained by the determination of the Russian government to reform the economy earlier than the Ukrainian government. The transition to a market economy is closely connected with the development of a favorable investment climate in both countries. It includes the foundation of a stable system of property rights and a conducive legal environment.

The main goal of the diploma thesis is to provide comprehensive analysis of investment climate in Latvia. It includes evaluation of current demographic, political as well as economic development. The thesis contains analysis of economic relations between Latvia and Czech Republic and is also aimed to evaluate current opportunities of Czech exporters on the Latvian market.

A case study of acquisition of Russian brewery Bravo, by Heineken. An example of how foriegn investment could be attracted, prospects, opportunities.

The focus of this thesis is on the investment climate in Estonia. The text is mainly descriptive and analytical, written using topic-related literature and statistical data. It comprises four chapters, the first two chapters aim to define investments and transnational corporations, the last two chapters describe the macroeconomic situation of the whole Baltic region, including the Republic of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The purpose of the thesis is to give its reader a brief background of Estonian economy and to analyse manufacturing sector in Estonia by comparing the efficiency in the enterprises and Estonian-owned and foreign owned enterprises.

This thesis is dedicated to a very interesting topic - it is an investment activity. Investments are the basis of economic development and growth of living standards. Foreign investments are therefore a source for further economic growth. The author of this work focused on exploring investment in the country where she was born, it is Belarus. About the investment in that territory is not talked much, which could be caused by the local political situation. But Belarus is quite popular between Russian investors. The work is divided into several parts. The first part is theoretical and methodological, describes the general knowledge and concepts related to investment. In the practical part, the author describes the investment rules in Belarus and gives quite detailed information about the investment climate in the country. The thesis ends with an indication of practical recommendations for investment in Belarus.

Bakalauro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjama rinkos ir investicinio klimato veiksnių įtaka tiesioginių užsienio investicijų įplaukoms, tenkančioms vienam gyventojui, Europos Sąjungos valstybėse 1998 – 2009 m. laikotarpiu. Tyrimo metu nustatyta, kad analizuojamu laikotarpiu vidutiniškai didžiausias tiesioginių užsienio investicijų įplaukas pritraukė Didžioji Britanija, Prancūzija, Vokietija ir Olandija, o mažiausias - Malta, Latvija, Lietuva ir Slovėnija. Atliekant tiesioginių užsienio investicijų palyginimą tarp valstybių nustatyta, kad Liuksemburgo, Belgijos ir Airijos gyventojams vidutiniškai teko daugiausiai tiesioginių užsienio investicijų įplaukų, o Rumunijos, Lietuvos ir Bulgarijos gyventojams - mažiausiai. Be to, tiriant sukauptų tiesioginių užsienio investicijų, tenkančių vienam gyventojui, pokytį nustatyta, kad šios įplaukos 2009 metais, lyginant su baziniais metais, labiausiai išaugo Bulgarijoje, o mažiausias augimo tempas nustatytas Airijoje. Tiriant tiesioginių užsienio investicijų indeksą nustatyta, kad daugumos Europos Sąjungos valstybių pritraukiamos užsienio kapitalo apimtys viršija galimybes, o didžiausio investuotojų palankumo, dėl šalyje kuriamos palankios mikroekonominės ir makroekonominės aplinkos, sulaukė – Liuksemburgas, Belgija ir Airija, o mažiausio – Graikija, Rumunija ir Italija. Tiriant ryšį tarp tiesioginių užsienio investicijų įplaukų ir rinkos bei investicinio klimato veiksnių, pirmiausia atlikta porinė koreliacinė analizė, kuri parodė, kad tiek... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Bachelor’s final work examines the influence of market and investment climate determinants of direct foreign investment inflows, which devolve on one inhabitant in European Union countries in the period of 1998 – 2009. The investigation showed that the highest inflows of direct foreign investment were raised by Great Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands, and the lowest by – Malta, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia. Investigating the comparison of direct foreign investments it was identified that Luxembourg, Belgian and Irish inhabitants gained the most foreign direct investment inflows whereas Romanian, Bulgarian and Lithuanian people – the least. The examination of the change in FDI stock showed that foreign direct investment stock per capita in year 2009,as it is compared to base year, mostly increased in Bulgaria, while the lowest growth rate was in Ireland. The research of foreign direct investment index showed that the majority of European Union countries attract foreign capital exceeds their opportunities and most favored investors because of in the development of a favorable microeconomic and macroeconomic environment received Luxembourg, Belgium and Ireland, while the smallest - Greece, Romania and Italy. Investigating the relationship between foreign direct investment inflows and investment climate determinants firstly it was performed the twinning correlation analysis which showed that government effectiveness and regulatory quality indexes of both the old and... [to full text]

This study deals with direct foreign investment (DFI) in Turkish manufacturing industry with two main objectives: First, the reasons of the failure of Turkish economy in attracting sufficiently high levels of DFI is analysed as compared to the experiences other developing countries that have been successful on this count. Second, the impact of DFI in Turkish manufacturing industry is analysed in terms of export, employment, and technology contribution as well as the comparative behaviour of domestic and DFI firms. In addition to various data sets, the study utilized the results collected from two separate surveys that were implemented to domestic and DFI firms operating in Turkish manufacturing industry. Firstly, it turned out that the failure of Turkish economy in attracting high inflows of DFI cannot be attributed to investment climate problems, as the experiences of other developing countries have shown. Secondly, there does not seem to be a significant difference between the performances of domestic and DFI firms. While DFI seemed to contribute positively to exports, insufficient contribution of DFI on employment and negative balance of payments effects as well as the lack of its contribution in terms of research and development and innovative activities were also notable. Then, the study argues that rather than focusing solely on improvements in investment climate and liberalizing eagerly the development regime, it seems more appropriate to have a broad development strategy, in which both domestic investment and DFI are handled in an integrated approach, within the framework of appropriate industrial, trade and technology policies.

My thesis focuses on the analysis of the investment climate in Vietnam. It includes seven chapters: legal environment of investment, institutional frame of investment, investment incentives and subsidies, procedures for the issue of investment certificate in Vietnam, foreign direct investment in Vietnam, efficiency of investment policy in Vietnam. My thesis is treated using descripvive and analytical method. The aim of my thesis is analyzing the investment climate in Vietnam completely. Its benefits lie on the evaluation of the efficiency of the vietnamese investment climate.

Diploma thesis concerns with business environment in Belize, with analysis of particular components of the environment and with specification of business particularities. Chapters are divided according to the PEST analysis and they deal with economic, political, legal, social and cultural environment in Beize. Corporate environments in Belize and in Czech Republic are also confronted in diploma thesis and in the end, the mutal relation of these two countries is mentioned.