This study provides a detailed examination of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Poland and explores the impact this has on foreign investment policy. It analyzes and identifies location patterns of FDI and strives to determine the supporting motives behind location choices of foreign companies.

Autorentext
Arkadiusz Mironko serves as Executive Director for Graduate Programs at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Riverside, USA. Previously, he was the academic director for MBA programs at RSM Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands. He teaches courses in global competition and business strategy. His current research interests are in the areas of foreign direct investment strategy, global business strategy, global competition, developing economies, and knowledge creation and transfer in multinational corporations.

Inhalt

1. Location Choice and Clustering of Foreign Subsidiaries on the Economic Sustainability and Competitiveness of the Host Regions 2. Heterogeneity of Economic Space: Introduction of the Problem 3. Local Strengths and Foreign Firms' Location Choice: the Research Design, Data and Methodology 4. Concentration of Foreign Firms in Poland based on Industrial Specialization and Country of Origin Criteria: the Results and Summary of the Evidence 5. The Results of the Analysis of Location Choices by Industry Leading Firms Investing in Poland on the Location Choices of Small and Medium Size Foreign Investors 6. Final Analysis of FDI Patterns Across Regions in Poland and Policy Recommendations 7. Afterword 8. Appendices 9. Bibliography