The model of liberalisation of European telecommunications markets had followed what has become known as the "ladder of investment" (LoI) hypothesis: under this hypothesis entrants are expected to make progressively greater investments in their own networks, whilst decreasing their dependence on...

The aim of the present paper is to describe the investment environment in Romania, to highlight the stringent problems that need to be solved and also to propose solutions for a better investment environment. In the actual economic context, policymakers across all regions are facing difficult...

Istanbul metropolitan region is the economic heart of Turkey, which is generally listed among the emerging economies of the last decade. Although compared to other European regions foreign capital and investment are underrepresented in Istanbul, economic growth and the stability of Turkey in the...

Since the mid-1980s, most countries, especially the developing, have become more open to foreign direct investment (FDI) aiming to benefit from its fiscal development contributions, as countries with a high level of investment systematically achieve higher levels of development. Accordingly,...