Motives and effects of foreign direct investment

Ovaj se rad bavi motivima i učincima inozemnih izravnih ulaganja na Republiku Hrvatsku i odabrane zemlje regije. Prilikom izrade ovog rada autor se koristio različitim izvorima podataka: od literature dostupne u knjigama, podataka dostupnim na službenim internetskim stranicama zemalja analiziranih u radu te podataka dostupnih u znanstvenim člancima putem različitih internetskih servisa. Prvi dio ovog rada odnosi se na teoriju i definiranje inozemnih izravnih ulaganja, podjelu, motive te mjere za poticanje inozemnih izravnih ulaganja. Drugi dio rada odnosi se na pozitivne i negativne učinke inozemnih izravnih ulaganja. U trećem dijelu analiziraju se prednosti i nedostaci za privlačenje inozemnih ulaganja te učinci inozemnih izravnih ulaganja u odnosu na BDP za Republiku Hrvatsku i odabrane zemlje regije: Sloveniju, Mađarsku, Srbiju, Bosnu i Hercegovinu i Crnu Goru.This paper deals with the motives and effects of foreign direct investment on the Republic of Croatia and selected countries in the region. The author used various sources of data in the preparation of this work: from the literature available in books, the data available on the official websites of the countries analyzed in the work, and the data available in scientific articles through various Internet services. The first part of this paper deals with the theory and definition of foreign direct investment, the division, motives and measures for stimulating foreign direct investment. The second part deals with the positive and negative effects of foreign direct investment. The third part analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of attracting foreign investment and the effects of foreign direct investment relative to GDP for the Republic of Croatia, and selected countries of the region: Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro