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Foreign direct investment and competitiveness in transition economies: the case of Croatia

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  • Jasminka Sohinger
  • Darko Horvatin

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The aim of this paper is to address the issues of foreign direct investment (FDI) and to give a comparative analysis of its impact on Croatian competitiveness. Our findings show that in the case of Croatia, unlike in the other transition economies, the majority of inflows of foreign capital is concentrated in the service sector. Also, the impact on the overall Croatian competitiveness level has not been significant. High labour costs and production of low value addition in manufacturing were the main reasons why foreign capital sought mostly service sectors, such as telecommunications and banking, which are oriented towards the domestic markets. This did not contribute towards improving the Croatian export competitiveness either. Other transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe, where FDI went to manufacturing, particularly to the export oriented sectors, as well as to services, recorded a noticeable raise in their competitiveness levels.

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  • Jasminka Sohinger & Darko Horvatin, 2005. "Foreign direct investment and competitiveness in transition economies: the case of Croatia," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(3), pages 266-282.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:2:y:2005:i:3:p:266-282
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    Cited by:

    1. Ozren Rafajac & Marinko Skare, 2017. "Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of X-efficiency in the Croatian Market," Contemporary Economics, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw., vol. 11(3), September.
    2. Danijel Nestic, 2010. "Croatia: Moving Towards a More Active Minimum Wage Policy," Chapters, in: Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead (ed.), The Minimum Wage Revisited in the Enlarged EU, chapter 3, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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