Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2020.1819848
Foreign direct investments’ openness in local communities – the case of Slovenia and Serbia
Anita Maček
Rasto Ovin
Marko Divjak
Hazbo Skoko
Tatjana Horvat
Abstract
Inward foreign direct investments are usually cited as an essential
tool for economic growth and are often listed as one of the priorities by national governments, especially in transition countries
strive. When local communities are concerned, the economic
effects of international capital flows in principle should not differ
from the national economy. Despite the threats they can also
pose, they should mostly represent the opportunity for technological improvements and raising the competitiveness of the
economy. When inward foreign direct investments are more or
less limited to a local community, its leadership is in a position to
follow them carefully. In this case, they are usually also well
informed on sentiments of the population regarding these investments. These processes may add to the governments’ responsibility when planning the investments but often also add to the
transparency of other stakeholders, which could help the governments to manage foreign direct investments in the local community. To offer a novelty with research in the field, the authors
added this perspective to existing studies, predominantly analysing foreign direct investment effects in the national economy.
The paper brings a comparative analysis of sentiments in local
communities in Slovenia and Serbia. Statistical analysis based on
opinion polls, although not free of statistical risks, enabled
expected conclusions but also opened new insights.
Keywords
Foreign direct investments; foreign direct investment acceptance; economic effects; statistical analysis; questionnaire; Slovenia; Serbia; national economy; regions
Hrčak ID:
301200
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2021.
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