DOES QUALITY OF BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INFLOWS? A CASE OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
Open Access
- 4 December 2016
- journal article
- Published by Masaryk University Press in Central European Journal of Management
- Vol. 3 (1)
- https://doi.org/10.5817/cejm2016-1-1
Abstract
This paper investigates the effect of selected business environment indicators on FDI inflows in case of Visegrad countries for the period of 2005-2015. Based on correlation and regression analysis, it is concluded that the business environment matters significantly for FDI inflows, however the direction and strength of dependence differs according to analysed factors. On one hand we found that the better global competitiveness of the country the higher volume of inward FDI the country receives. On the other hand, economically more free country, which is more globalized, with better rating does not attract more FDI inflows, but rather the opposite. As expected, corruption of country is discouraging foreign investors from investing in Visegrad countries.Keywords
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