<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Subject and purpose of work:</bold> The subject of analysis and evaluation are foreign direct investments (FDI) in Poland with particular emphasis on the Lublin Voivodship as a peripheral region. The aim of the paper is to present the investment attractiveness of the voivodship, the state of investment and ways to enhance the investment attractiveness of the region.<bold>Materials and methods:</bold> This paper is based on statistical data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS), the National Bank of Poland (NBP) and other institutions, as well as published literature of this topic.<bold>Results:</bold> This paper presents theoretical foundations of foreign investments, characteristics of the inflow of foreign direct investments to Poland in the years 2000-2017, their origin and directions of their use and distribution in the country. FDI is presented in detail in Lublin Voivodship, which is considered to be a peripheral region of Poland and the European Union.<bold>Conclusions:</bold> FDI inflow to Poland was uneven in time, and investments were concentrated in the Masovian Voivodship and a few other voivodships of Western and Central Poland. Lublin Voivodship, despite activities increasing its investment attractiveness, still has unused opportunities for application of foreign investments.</abstract>

Subject and purpose of work: The subject of analysis and evaluation are foreign direct investments (FDI) in Poland with particular emphasis on the Lublin Voivodship as a peripheral region. The aim of the paper is to present the investment attractiveness of the voivodship, the state of investment and ways to enhance the investment attractiveness of the region.Materials and methods: This paper is based on statistical data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS), the National Bank of Poland (NBP) and other institutions, as well as published literature of this topic.Results: This paper presents theoretical foundations of foreign investments, characteristics of the inflow of foreign direct investments to Poland in the years 2000-2017, their origin and directions of their use and distribution in the country. FDI is presented in detail in Lublin Voivodship, which is considered to be a peripheral region of Poland and the European Union.Conclusions: FDI inflow to Poland was uneven in time, and investments were concentrated in the Masovian Voivodship and a few other voivodships of Western and Central Poland. Lublin Voivodship, despite activities increasing its investment attractiveness, still has unused opportunities for application of foreign investments.

Direct Foreign Investment in Peripheral Regions: A Case Study of the Lublin Voivodship

Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska

Economic and Regional Studies / Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne

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Subject and purpose of work: The subject of analysis and evaluation are foreign direct investments (FDI) in Poland with particular emphasis on the Lublin...

Direct Foreign Investment in Peripheral Regions: A Case Study of the Lublin Voivodship

Publié en ligne: 30 sept. 2019

Pages: 223 - 241

Reçu: 01 juil. 2019

Accepté: 01 août 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2019-0021

Mots clés
investment attractiveness of regions, foreign direct investments, Lublin Voivodship

© 2019 Mieczysław Adamowicz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Direct Foreign Investment in Peripheral Regions: A Case Study of the Lublin Voivodship

Publié en ligne: 30 sept. 2019

Pages: 223 - 241

Reçu: 01 juil. 2019

Accepté: 01 août 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2019-0021

Mots clésinvestment attractiveness of regions, foreign direct investments, Lublin Voivodship

© 2019 Mieczysław Adamowicz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
investment attractiveness of regions, foreign direct investments, Lublin Voivodship