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Polsko-amerykańskie wzajemne inwestycje bezpośrednie
Polish-American mutual direct investment

Author(s): Marta Götz
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Instytut Zachodni im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego
Keywords: USA; Poland; foreign direct investment (FDI); business process offshoring (BPO); advantages; location’s attractiveness

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the topic of international competitiveness focusing on mutual investment attractiveness of Poland and the United States. Based on available information on the activities of Polish and American firms preliminary conclusions can be formulated as to the factors determining companies’ competitiveness and location’s attractiveness. Scale of activity and experience including financial resources are decisive for American firms’ ability to invest on Polish market whose attractiveness rests on various factors depending on the investment wave, i.e. stage of development. Flexibility and novelty of supplied products and services enable young Polish firms to venture on the mature and highly competitive US market which offers specific local advantages such as access to advanced demand, networks or clusters.

  • Issue Year: 353/2014
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 135-158
  • Page Count: 24
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