This paper adds to the scarce cross-country evidence on FDI location decisions between the EU-15 Member States and the ten new Members that joined the European Union (EU) in 2004 and 2007 from the Central and East European Countries (CEECs). To capture the discrete nature of the location choice,...

This study analyzes determinants of business relocation and identifies regional characteristics which attract relocating firms, using register data provided by Statistics Netherlands. Results indicate that the relocation decisions of firms are not only influenced by firm- and location-specific...

This paper explains the location choices of multinational companies (MNCs) in a transition economy by traditional economic factors and institutional quality. Based on a thorough theoretical framework and a set of hypotheses, empirical data of an enterprise survey of 153 foreign firms in three...

This paper assesses the influence of spatial heterogeneity on the choice of entry modes by multinational enterprises (MNEs). We claim that the location of the target firm influences the choice of partial ownership, i.e., an MNE's choice to maintain a local partner. MNEs normally execute partial...