The article analyzes the complex issue of foreign direct investment and unequal distribution of its flows into different countries (the analysis of foreign direct investment determinants in the con-text of globalization). In the thesis there are the comprehensive theoretical study of foreign direct investment and the attraction of its flows consdering the nowadays context of globalization presented, the results of other empirical studies that analyzes foreign direct investment determinants were systematized. The model for the analysis of foreign direct investment determinants in the circumstances of globalization developed and presented. Based on this model studies to assess the determinants of foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern European countries carried out taking into account the differences of determinants among these countries and the countries of investment sources, also considering the possible lagging effects of these factors and the different volume of attracted foreign direct investment by different countries.

Article in: Lithuanian

Article published: 2016-06-08