Monitor we find significant differences in entrepreneurial activity between Ireland and Hungary in both the type of people …It is widely recognized that foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in economic development …. Internationalization theory is used to explore how inward FDI impacts entrepreneurial activity. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship …

out by some entrepreneurs and their young businesses. In this study, we analyze the extent to which differences in FDI and … GEM data and other secondary sources for the period 2005-2009, we found that the exposure to higher flows of inward FDI at … higher flows of outward FDI or higher levels of accumulated knowledge at regional level has no impact. The results also show …

investment (FDI) as a channel for knowl- edge spillovers in addition to imports. Deeper insights on the issue are provided by … examining inter-relationship between knowledge spillovers from imports and inward FDI. Moreover, human capital is added to the …, the direct effects of FDI-related as well as import-related spillovers on domestic productivity are confirmed. Furthermore …