THE ROLE OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

Establishing an investment promotion agency (IPA) has become a very popular institutional approach in the strategic promotion of foreign direct investment (FDI) across nations and regions worldwide. In this article, we examine the role of IPAs in improving the FDI environment and promoting inward FD...

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Main Authors: Algirdas Miškinis, Mariya Byrka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2015-01-01
Series:Ekonomika
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/ekonomika/article/view/5039
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description Establishing an investment promotion agency (IPA) has become a very popular institutional approach in the strategic promotion of foreign direct investment (FDI) across nations and regions worldwide. In this article, we examine the role of IPAs in improving the FDI environment and promoting inward FDI. The task of the article is, with the help of qualitative methods of research, to determine the promotion techniques and tools that lead to a better FDI performance and verify them in the cases of such investment promotion agencies as Invest Lithuania and Invest in Lviv Region (Ukraine).
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spelling doaj.art-bc4ddbcddf094e7b9ed3dcb883745c592022-12-21T23:35:57ZengVilnius University PressEkonomika1392-12582424-61662015-01-0193410.15388/Ekon.2014.93.5039THE ROLE OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTAlgirdas Miškinis0Mariya Byrka1Vilnius University, LithuaniaVilnius University, LithuaniaEstablishing an investment promotion agency (IPA) has become a very popular institutional approach in the strategic promotion of foreign direct investment (FDI) across nations and regions worldwide. In this article, we examine the role of IPAs in improving the FDI environment and promoting inward FDI. The task of the article is, with the help of qualitative methods of research, to determine the promotion techniques and tools that lead to a better FDI performance and verify them in the cases of such investment promotion agencies as Invest Lithuania and Invest in Lviv Region (Ukraine).https://www.journals.vu.lt/ekonomika/article/view/5039foreign direct investmentinvestment promotion agencyFDI attraction
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THE ROLE OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Ekonomika
foreign direct investment
investment promotion agency
FDI attraction
title THE ROLE OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
title_full THE ROLE OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
title_fullStr THE ROLE OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
title_full_unstemmed THE ROLE OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
title_short THE ROLE OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
title_sort role of investment promotion agencies in attracting foreign direct investment
topic foreign direct investment
investment promotion agency
FDI attraction
url https://www.journals.vu.lt/ekonomika/article/view/5039
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