Foreign Direct Investors’ Behavior in CEE Countries in the Process of the EU Enlargement

Janina Witkowska

doi:10.18778/1508-2008.9.14

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Janina Witkowska

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1508-2008.9.14

Abstract

Strategies of transnational corporations (TNCs) for making investment abroad are influenced by deepening and widening of the European integration processes. The aim of this chapter is to present answers to the following questions: to what extent do enlargement change foreign investors’ strategies towards CEE countries? Do activities of firms with foreign participation enhance adjustment processes in CEE countries to their membership of the EU?

The research results show that firms with foreign participation which operate in CEE countries gain a stronger and stronger position in their economies. They are better prepared than domestic firms to include into the single European market as far as reaching quality and environmental standards is concerned. Hence, their presence in CEE countries makes easier the adjustment processes to the requirements of the EU membership. However, some aspects of their activities in the domestic economies may bring about some impediments to these processes.

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