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FDI Motivations in CEE Countries. The Role of Governance Ethics

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Applied Ethics for Entrepreneurial Success: Recommendations for the Developing World (GSMAC 2018)

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We revisit the topic of FDI motivations for the Central and Eastern European region, taking into account the different levels of economic development of the source countries. Our modelling setup includes fixed effects panel models, relying on data specific to five CEE states in the 2003–2012 period. In this context, we investigate the significance of a wide set of FDI determinants categorized according to a motive-based taxonomy, evidencing a vivid interest for the impact raised by the good governance of the host countries. We find that, in general, investors from emerging countries are market-oriented and target locations with strategic resources in their quest to harness benefits and skills. On the opposite spectrum, investors from developed economies select host countries on the basis of the potential of transferring and using technology and on the basis of endowment with strategic-assets. As compared to other types of determinants, we notice the fact that variables pointing to good governance are significant for investors from emerging markets, but overlooked by those in developing countries. We conclude that investors located in countries with different levels of economic development have distinct investing motivations. Those originating from emerging countries display a market-seeking behaviour and asset-augmenting motivations, while those from developed countries are rather asset-exploiting interested, being attracted by market opportunities and efficient and strategic-assets abundant host locations.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of International Business and Economics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

    Oana Cristina Popovici & Adrian Cantemir Călin

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Griffiths School of Management, Emanuel University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania

    Sebastian Văduva

  2. Griffiths School of Management, Emanuel University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania

    Ioan Fotea

  3. Emanuel University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania

    Lois P. Văduva

  4. College of Business and Communications, Concordia University Texas, Austin, TX, USA

    Randolph Wilt

Appendix: Correlation Matrix

Appendix: Correlation Matrix

 

GDPG

RES

NULC

HRST

COR

RLW

EATR

PATENT

DGERD

GDP

GDPG

1

         

RES

0.333731

1

        

NULC

0.019567

0.214775

1

       

HRST

−0.05859

0.067098

0.118296

1

      

COR

−0.04176

−0.07364

−0.30647

−0.31121

1

     

RLW

0.178305

−0.11808

0.142699

−0.01843

−0.01786

1

    

EATR

0.080356

−0.17304

−0.35739

−0.52385

0.640373

−0.1015

1

   

PATENT

−0.00481

−0.00557

0.043622

0.111662

0.268038

0.137484

0.102518

1

  

DGERD

−0.05391

−0.00731

0.075526

0.031928

0.126657

0.072799

−0.04474

0.234433

1

 

GDP

0.026304

−0.37591

−0.2659 1

−0.09828

0.497944

0.161318

0.555683

0.444764

0.175329

1

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Popovici, O.C., Călin, A.C. (2019). FDI Motivations in CEE Countries. The Role of Governance Ethics. In: Văduva, S., Fotea, I., Văduva, L., Wilt, R. (eds) Applied Ethics for Entrepreneurial Success: Recommendations for the Developing World. GSMAC 2018. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17215-2_7

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