This work is devoted to the definition of the system of investment incentives in the Russian Federation. The aim of this work is objective description and analysis of the existing system of investment incentives at the federal and regional levels. The effectiveness of investment incentives is assessed from the perspective of the investment climate in the Russian Federation. The introductory part is devoted to the definition of the investment climate in Russia in terms of current economic development and foreign investments. The final section assesses the effect of the incentive system in terms of its influence on the development of regional GDP and investment flows with the example of Lipeck region.

The diploma thesis " Support and Protection of Foreign Investments in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria" adresses the issue of analysis of current situation, role and importance of investment incentives in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria. It focuses on investment environment in the two countries and its influence on investors' decision making. It deals with the question whether investment incentives are necessary or they cause market distortion and discriminate.

The topic of the this thesis is the analysis of further action of the companies located in Industrial zone "Karviná -- Nové Pole". There is made an analysis using the criteria of individual companies operating in industrial zone "Nové Pole" which are threatened by expansion of coal mining in the case of breaking the existing limits. The introductory part deals with basic terminology related to industrial zones, different types of zones and legislation associated with their construction. The theoretical part also focuses on support the development of industrial zones and the systém of investment incentives on the Moravian-Silesian Region. Practical part is about the evaluation of current situation of particular companies and the result is that companies will be more or less interested in staying in industrial zone "Nové Pole".

The foreign direct investment (FDI)nowadays play an important role in the world economy. Canada is one of the traditional investors in the Czech Republic, therefore this thesis informs in detail about those investment. The aim of my master thesis is analysing the Canadian FDI in the Czech Republic. This thesis should provide its readers with a view of sector structure as well as investment incentives granted to canadian investors. In this paper I also mention the topic of projected gold mining in the Mokrsko area.

The dissertation is devoted to the topic of "public support". In practice, however, it is possible to notice expressions like "state support" or "state aid", which are equivalents for the Czech term "public support". I explore the given concept in the international law, European and Czech legislations. Subsequently, I compare it with the laws of Poland and the Slovak Republic. The crucial part of the doctoral thesis focuses on investment aids aimed at the tool of discounts on income taxes, which is evaluated both from the perspective of legal theory and practice. Finally, I scrutinize the case law of the European and Czech courts, which represent the basis, and there is also a comparison with the historical development of the evaluation criteria for compatibility of state aids. Keywords: state aids, regional aids, investment incentives, tax allowance.

LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE PROVISION OF STATE AIDS Abstract The subject of the work is to explain the general structure of legal norms applicable to materia state aids, starting with public international law, European law and the subsequent transition to domestic legislation and its comparison with neighbouring jurisdictions of the Slovak Republic and Poland. The first part of the doctoral thesis is to learn about the issues, related to the topic of work, with patterns of thought and reflection as well as the tasks that were set at the beginning of the work and arise from the chosen procedure. This should contribute to a better understanding of the work. The following section defines the concept of state aid as well as basic resources and postulates, related to the principal concept of work. First of all, I focused on international agreements, which first used this concept, and their consequent reflection in the development and shaping of European law, including the area of European Community law and the law of the European Union, which now represents some of the unified systems. Furthermore, there is a comprehensible resumed depth analysis of the mechanisms of decision making processes of the European institutions, whose task is the practical application of standards governing state aid and its...

The topic of the thesis "Comparison of investment attractiveness between Pardubický region and Královéhradecký region" is question of foreign direct investments and investment attractiveness. First theoretical part deals with general question of foreign investments, forms of investments, positive and negative effects of investments, the last part is concentrated on CzechInvest agency and investment incentives. Second practical part is focused on analysis of investment attractiveness in Pardubický region and Královéhradecký region. Investment attractiveness analysis is transferred from international to regional level. The main objective of this thesis is confrontation of investments into the secondary industry between mentioned regions from 1998 (beginning of the providing of investment incentives) to 2007 and figure out which of them is more attractive for investors in considering where to locate their investments. The reasons and sphere of differences follow at the end of the thesis.

The theme of the diploma thesis is focused on foreign direct investment (FDI) because of its importance in development of regional economies in the Czech Republic. It makes it a fundamental topic in the sphere of regional development. The main goal of the thesis is to define the key factors affecting localization of German and Austrian FDI into regional economies of the Czech Republic. At the beginning summary of theoretical data concerning this topic is introduced, followed by description of development of FDI in the Czech Republic and characteristic of German and Austrian investment in the Czech Republic. Based on analytic, cartographic and statistic methods, localization factors are appointed which affect German and Austrian investors in their choice of regions for the investment.

This thesis focuses on the topic of foreign direct investments in the Visegrád Group, members of which are the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary and Poland. These four countries are involved in strong competition in attracting FDI. The main purpose of this thesis is to review the investment attractiveness of these countries and provide an overview about the available investment incentives. Therefore, the first part of the paper defines the term of "foreign direct investment"including its types. Subsequently the author provides an overview about the most relevant FDI theories and the factors which determine FDI localization. The second part of the thesis analyses the investment environment of each country, for the purpose of which the following factors were taken in consideration: macroeconomic stability, investment incentives available to potential investors, labor market, transportation infrastructure and tax system. Finally, the last part concludes all finding and revises the relevancy of the theories. The methodology of this thesis is based on the traditionally used methods of economic analysis and in particular the methodology of comparison. Expert technique was used in the form of discussions and consultations with investors and investment consultants focusing on FDI in the region.

Foreign Direct Investment, in spite of several challenges, is hailed as one of the vehicles for economic development, especially in developing countries. In the tourism industry, FDI brings much needed capital, technology, marketing skills and operations systems that would otherwise not be available in the host country. Both developed and developing countries are always competing to attract FDI to their countries. The primary goal of this study was therefore to investigate factors that investors consider when undertaking FDI into the tourist accommodation sector in Malawi. Malawi remains one of the few countries in Africa which has not attracted meaningful FDI into its tourist accommodation sector. The objective of the study is fourfold; to analyse foreign direct investment, to identify country and industry level factors that influence tourism FDI, to analyse Malawi's general investment climate and to make recommendations to government and industry on attracting FDI. The study conducted a literature study on general FDI and tourism-specific FDI and the Malawi investment climate. An empirical study was carried out, through a quantitative research method. The sample was derived using a probability sampling method and was extracted from a national tourist accommodation database. The research found that there is a strong relationship between the source country of tourist accommodation FDI in Malawi and tourist source countries. It also found that economic factors, perception and infrastructure, government policy, competitiveness and nature are important considerations when investing in the Malawi tourist accommodation sector, in that order. Industry level factors that respondents found important are protection of investment, availability of fresh water, labour disturbances I unrest and tourist receipts. Whilst the Malawi government uses investment incentives as a key to FDI attraction, researchers found that incentives are not ranked as important to prospective investors. / MCom (Tourism Management), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012