Open AccessSpatial differentiation of enterprises with foreign capital versus investment attractiveness of the regions
Author(s) -
Wiesława Lizińska,
Paweł Zasadzki
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
kwartalnik nauk o przedsiębiorstwie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-3276
pISSN - 1896-656X
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0013.6503
Subject(s) - attractiveness , interdependence , investment (military) , foreign direct investment , economic geography , business , capital (architecture) , foreign capital , entrepreneurship , economics , geography , finance , politics , political science , macroeconomics , psychology , archaeology , psychoanalysis , law
The economic development of the regions is determined by well prosperingenterprises functioning in their area, including those with foreign capital. The tendency of foreign investors to starting a business in a given region of the country can be determined by the level of investment attractiveness, which is influenced by a lot of location factors. Therefore, it is important to examine the correlation between the level of investment attractiveness and the level of entrepreneurship in each region. The main purpose of the paper was to diagnose the relationship between the spatial structure of foreign-capital enterprises and the level of investment attractiveness of the regions. The analysisof interdependencies between variables was conducted for 16 Polish voivodships characterized by diversified level of investment attractiveness and a different number of new registered enterprises with foreign capital in the years 2009-2017.