LOCATION CHOICE OF DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTORS: AN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON FACTORS DISCUSSED IN THE CURRENT FOREIGN STUDIES and METHODS USED IN THE ANALYSES

Year 2020, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 1 - 26, 15.07.2020

Yağmur Öz

https://doi.org/10.18825/iremjournal.529056

Abstract

One
of the most important benefits of globalizing economies is that it opens the
way for foreign direct investments by multinational corporations. Many
developing countries see foreign direct investment inflows as a new door for
economic development opportunity. From the perspective of multinational
companies who want to carry out foreign direct investment, the strategic importance of the location selection
emerges. In this study, it is aimed to make an exploratory research to
determine the factors that play an important role in attracting or removing
foreign direct investors, which are effective in the location selection
decision of the host country. For this purpose,
the factors which are considered as the determinants of the location selection
decisions of foreign investors in the foreign literature and the effects of
these factors on the location selection decision will be explained with the
help of past studies. After that, the contributions of the current foreign
studies since the 2000s to the foreign direct decision of the foreign investors
will be mentioned. It is thought that the study will guide the future research
by revealing the factors and the most influential factors affecting foreign
direct investment in the decision of the host country.

Keywords

Foreign Direct Investment, Location Choice, FDI Theories

DOĞRUDAN YABANCI YATIRIMCILARIN YER SEÇİMİ: GÜNCEL YABANCI ÇALIŞMALARDA ELE ALINAN FAKTÖRLER ve ANALİZLERDE KULLANILAN YÖNTEMLER ÜZERİNE KEŞİFSEL BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

Küreselleşen
ekonomilerin en önemli getirilerinden biri de çokuluslu şirketler tarafından
yapılan doğrudan yabancı yatırımların yolunu açmasıdır. Birçok gelişmekte olan
ülke, doğrudan yabancı yatırım girişlerini, ekonomik kalkınma fırsatı için yeni
bir kapı olarak görmektedir. Olaya doğrudan yabancı yatırımı gerçekleştirmek
isteyen çokuluslu şirketler perspektifinden bakıldığında ise yer seçiminin
stratejik önemi ortaya çıkmaktadır. Çalışmada, ev sahibi ülkenin yer seçim
kararında etkili olan, doğrudan yabancı yatırımcıları çekme veya uzaklaştırmada
önemli rol oynayan faktörlerin neler olduğunun belirlenmesine dair keşifsel bir
araştırmanın yapılması hedeflenmektedir. Bu amaçla yabancı literatürde doğrudan
yabancı yatırımcıların yer seçim kararlarının belirleyicisi olarak ele alınan
faktörler ve bu faktörlerin yer seçim kararına etkileri geçmiş çalışmalar
yardımıyla açıklanacak, sonrasında, 2000’li yıllardan bu yana yapılan güncel
yabancı çalışmaların doğrudan yabancı yatırımcıların yer seçim kararı konusunda
sağladığı katkılara değinilecektir. Çalışmanın ileride yapılacak araştırmalara,
ev sahibi ülkenin yer seçim kararında doğrudan yabancı yatırımı en çok
etkileyen faktörleri ve etkilerini ortaya koyarak, yol gösterici olacağı
düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

Doğrudan Yabancı Yatırım, Yer Seçimi, DYY Teorileri

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