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Horizontalne strane direktne investicije i njihovi efekti
Horizontal Foreign Direct Investments And Their Effects

Author(s): Bojana Jokić, Borislav Radević, Safet Kurtović
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: investments; transfer; mobility; factors; knowledge; costs

Summary/Abstract: The basic goal of this paper is to indicate the importance and the influence of horizontal foreign direct investments on the countries that receive and invest FDI. Horizontal foreign direct investments are mostly implemented on the relation between developed countries, because the mentioned countries have similar production factors available, which represent the main precondition for their application. Horizontal foreign direct investments are based on the idea that through their usage we can eliminate specific trade barriers and decrease the cost of business between countries. Furthermore, while working it has been determined those horizontal foreign direct investments have positive effects on the countries that receive them and the investors of foreign direct investments.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 369-379
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English