The attraction of Ukraine for foreign investors in the light of selected studies Cover Image

Atrakcyjność Ukrainy dla inwestorów zagranicznych w świetle wybranych badań
The attraction of Ukraine for foreign investors in the light of selected studies

Author(s): Katarzyna Ziętek-Kwaśniewska
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: investment attractiveness; foreign direct investments (FDI); international rankings

Summary/Abstract: In the face of the progressing globalization, ever closer co-operation and merging economies, the issue of investment attractiveness of particular countries becomes a more and more topical problem. We are talking about a certain potential of economies in the sphere of attracting and next supporting foreign direct investments. The possibility of finding a foreign investor plays a significant role especially in the case of those countries whose capital supplies are insufficient. And Ukraine may be considered such a country. The aim of the article is to examine the problem of investment attractiveness of Ukraine – to define the factors that stimulate and de-stimulate the influx of foreign direct investments to this country. In the first part of the article, treated as an introduction, the current data concerning foreign direct investments in Ukraine are presented, and the second one reviews international rankings that concern the question of investment attractiveness, defining the position of Ukraine in the international arena.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 39
  • Page Range: 143-165
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish