Vol. 9, No 3, 2012 pp. 369 - 379
UDC 339.727.22
HORIZONTAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS AND THEIR EFFECTS
Safet Kurtović1, Borislav Radević2, Bojana Jokić2
1Faculty of Economy Mostar, Džemal Bijedić University Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina
2Department for Economic Sciences, State University in Novi Pazar, Serbia
safetkurtovic@yahoo.com
The basic goal of this paper is to indicate the importance and the influence of horizontal foreign direct investments on the countries that receive and invest FDI. Horizontal foreign direct investments are mostly implemented on the relation between developed countries, because the mentioned countries have similar production factors available, which represent the main precondition for their application. Horizontal foreign direct investments are based on the idea that through their usage we can eliminate specific trade barriers and decrease the cost of business between countries. Furthermore, while working it has been determined those horizontal foreign direct investments have positive effects on the countries that receive them and the investors of foreign direct investments.
Key Words: investments, transfer, mobility, factors, knowledge, costs
HORIZONTALNE STRANE DIREKTNE INVESTICIJE
I NJIHOVI EFEKTI
Osnovni cilj ovog rada je da ukaže na značaj i uticaj horizontalnih stranih direktnih investicija na zemlje primaoce i investitore. Horizontalne strane direktne investicije se uglavnom primenjuju na relaciji između razvijenih zemalja jer navedene zemlje raspolažu sličnim faktorima proizvodnje, što predstavlja osnovni preduslov za njihovu primenu. Horizonatlne strane direktne investicije počivaju na ideji da se kroz njihovu primenu nastoje eliminisati određene trgovinske barijere i smanjiti troškovi polsovanja među zemljama. Pored toga, u radu je utvrđeno da horizontalne strane direktne investicije imaju pozitivan uticaj na zemlje primaoce i investitore stranih direktnih investicija.
Ključne reči: investicije, transfer, mobilnost, faktori, znanje, troškovi
