Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe

Balázs Szent-Iványi is a lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, Birmingham, UK. He also holds an associate professor position at Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary.

• Introduction: The Changing Patterns of FDI; Balázs Szent-Iványi.- 1. Post-crisis Crossroads for FDI in CEE; Kálmán Kalotay.- 2. Czech FDI Performance: Between Global Value Chains and Domestic Reforms; Tereza De Castro and Pavel Hnát.- 3. Foreign Direct Investment in Slovakia: The Tatra Tiger Gone Tame?; Martin Grančay and Nóra Grančay.- 4. Latecomers may be Admitted: Foreign Direct Investment between the CEE Countries; Magdolna Sass.- 5. Upgrading and Value Capture in Global Value Chains in Hungary: More Complex than what the Smile-curve Suggests; Andrea Szalavetz.- 6. Inequalities of Accumulation – The Case of Central and Eastern Europe; Annamaria Artner.- 7. Multinational Banks: Protective Factors of Financial Stability in Central and Eastern Europe?; Gábor Kutasi.- 8. Investment Promotion in the Visegrad Countries: A Comparative Analysis; Ágnes Tőrös, Ádám Mészáros and Ákos Dani.- 9. Competitiveness and Investment Promotion in Bulgaria and Romania; Sorin Gabriel Anton.- Conclusions: Prospects for FDI-led Development in a Post-crisis world; Balázs Szent-Iványi.

“This book sets out to describe and analyse the main developments in foreign direct investment (FDI), in terms of volume and structure … . For readers interested in CEE and the EU, this book can also provide valuable insights. The new trends it documents and analyses have not been reflected so far in appropriate policy responses. In this respect the volume provides policymakers with practical evidence and policy suggestions they would do well to consider and act upon.” (Liliana Pop, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 70 (7), 2018)