Structure and objectives of Austria's foreign direct investment in the four adjacent Central and Eastern European countries Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Slovakia



Table 3 : Factors for Foreign Direct Investment in the CEECs, ranked by their importance

Market driven factors

Number of
Answers


market Proximity To create an
potential To customer Export base

Total

109-137

3.60

3.27

3.25

Finance and insurance

8-11

4.00

4.00

2.86

Food and beverages

7-10

3.78

3.00

3.75

Construction

7-9

3.75

2.00

3.14

Trade

24-30

3.74

3.48

3.46

Petroleum and chemicals

7-10

3.63

3.33

3.38

Non-metallic products

8-11

3.50

3.11

3.00

’Core’ industrial sector

26-32

3.21

3.13

3.16

Others

22-24

-

-

-

Finance and insurance

8-11

0.40

0.73

-0.40

Food and beverages

7-10

0.18

-0.27

0.50

Construction

7-9

0.15

-1.27

-0.11

Trade

24-30

0.14

0.21

0.21

Petroleum and chemicals

7-10

0.03

0.06

0.12

Non-metallic products

8-11

-0.10

-0.16

-0.25

’Core’ industrial sector

26-32

-0.39

-0.15

-0.09

Others

22-24

-

-

-

* Several respondents replied only to certain statements.

Source: Questionnaire conducted in summer 1997

15

supply based factors

low

human

intermediate procurement

know-how

wage costs

capital

inputs

of
associated

company

2.91

2.43

2.12

2.05

1.78

1.50

2.00

1.00

1.00

1.83

3.14

2.29

2.50

2.00

1.57

2.75

2.75

2.57

2.75

2.00

2.91

2.40

2.21

1.95

1.47

2.86

2.29

1.71

2.00

1.50

3.00

2.14

2.50

2.38

2.22

3.46

2.37

1.91

2.00

1.67

Deviation from mean:

-1.41

-0.43

-1.12

-1.05

0.05

0.23

-0.14

0.38

-0.05

-0.21

-0.16

0.32

0.45

0.70

0.22

0.00

-0.03

0.09

-0.10

-0.31

-0.05

-0.14

-0.40

-0.05

-0.28

0.09

-0.29

0.38

0.32

0.44

0.55

-0.06

-0.21

-0.05

-0.12



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