The geography of multinational corporations in CEE countries: perspectives for second-tier city regions and European cohesion policy

Teodora Dogaru*, Martijn Burger, Frank van Oort, Bas Karreman

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Abstract

The largest regional disparities in CEE countries are between capital and non-capital city regions. MNCs invest in these regions for various rea-sons, contributing to regional development exogenously. In this paper, we analyse location decisions of FDI investments in the period 2003-2010. We find that the most important location factors for FDI are market accessibility, strategic assets, institutional quality and agglomeration, in the post-crisis era even more than be-fore. Presently, second-tier city regions are not capable of offering all these factors simultaneously. For improving their opportunities and contribution to European cohesion and convergence, more substantial and direct investments are needed. Without these, the recently suggested competitiveness opportunities of second-tier city regions are difficult to obtain.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)193-214
Number of pages22
JournalInvestigaciones Regionales (print)
Volume29
Issue number29
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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JEL classifications; R38; R58 and R12

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