Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Marius Cristea
Author-Workplace-Name: Észak-Nyugat Fejlesztési Ügynökség
Author-Name: Stefana A. D. Varvari
Author-Workplace-Name: Babes Bolyai Tudományegyetem
Author-Name: József Benedek
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Miskolc
Title: Pros and cons of foreign direct investments on local economy
Abstract: Foreign direct investments represent an essential factor of economic development and growth at all levels: national, regional and local (county or municipality/city/commune). These investments can have both positive and negative impact on the local develop-ment depending mostly on the type of FDI taking into consideration the attraction fac-tors for specific foreign investors. The authors try to underline these aspects by analyzing the FDI in Cluj county and taking as a case study the NOKIA investment in Cluj and presenting the benefits and also the problems it created for the local community.
Classification-JEL: R11
Keywords: foreign direct investments, FDI determinants, FDI inflows
Pages: 20-34
Number: 2
Volume: 9
Year: 2012
Publication-Status: Published
File-URL: http://www.strategiaifuzetek.hu/files/66/stratfuz_2012_2_vege_2.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:mic:esfjrn:v:9:y:2012:i:2:p:20-34