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Opportunities for Foreign Direct Investments through International Business Incubators in Bulgaria

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  • Nikolay Naydenov

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The paper describes the specific of the international business incubators (IBI) against the background of the specific of the business incubators as a form of supporting the small and medium-sized business and by studying three concrete international business incubators, which represent the three main economic centers in the world. The analysis of IBI as a way of attracting FDI is conducted on the basis of a review of theoretical formulations concerning FDI, drawing the attention to the applicability of this type of business incubators in Bulgaria. Based on information from internet and a questionnaire survey, the development of the business incubation process in Bulgaria is analyzed with a view to the opportunities for attracting additional FDI in the country through IBI, outlining the favorable and unfavorable for this process factors.

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  • Nikolay Naydenov, 2008. "Opportunities for Foreign Direct Investments through International Business Incubators in Bulgaria," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 3, pages 180-211.
    • Handle: RePEc:bas:econst:y:2008:i:3:p:180-211
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    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups

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