Status of Foreign Direct Investments and their Relationship to Selected Economic Indicator of the Sustainable Development in the Slovak Republic – Localization Factors of Foreign Direct Investment Allocation and their Spatial Differentiation Cover Image

Status of Foreign Direct Investments and their Relationship to Selected Economic Indicator of the Sustainable Development in the Slovak Republic – Localization Factors of Foreign Direct Investment Allocation and their Spatial Differentiation
Status of Foreign Direct Investments and their Relationship to Selected Economic Indicator of the Sustainable Development in the Slovak Republic – Localization Factors of Foreign Direct Investment Allocation and their Spatial Differentiation

Author(s): Rastislav Kotulic, Peter Adamišin, Mariana Dubravská, Ivana Kravčáková Vozárová, Roman Vavrek
Subject(s): National Economy, Business Economy / Management, Economic development
Published by: Reprograph
Keywords: economic growth; foreign direct investment/s (FDI); regional GDP;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to evaluate the economic effects of management of FDI in correlation with regional development. A methodology was used to identify a complex relevant indicator of development that is the amount of foreign direct investments flowing to the region on the NUTS III level, was applied for the evaluation of the economic status of regions and their underdevelopment. Another part of the analysis was the identification of the correlation between the FDI in the region and the sustainability of the development expressed by the regional GDP per capita. In the majority of regions, the correlation between the amount of the FDI and the sustainability of the development expressed by the regional GDP per capita was confirmed. At the same time, it is possible to identify a significant economic divergence of regions.

  • Issue Year: XI/2016
  • Issue No: 39
  • Page Range: 86-90
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English