Theories of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the Significance of Human Capital

Hykmete Bajrami () and Nazmi Zeqiri ()
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Hykmete Bajrami: University of Prishtina / Economic Faculty
Nazmi Zeqiri: University for Business and Technology (UBT), Management, Business and Economics Department

International Journal of Business and Management, 2019, vol. 7, issue 1, 11-24

Abstract: Not every country is able to attract the right mode of FDI, nor does every investor risks his investments without studying the conditions in the host country. The practice of FDI attraction generally incorporates numerous fiscal and monetary incentives. However, one should note that FDI attraction should be accompanied by development and an increase in the level of human capital, as a prerequisite to attract the right FDI and not every kind of foreign investment. FDI, together with human capital development, are considered among the key drivers of growth as they play complementary effects and reinforce each other. The role of human capital in stimulating FDI and vice versa is one of the controversial issues in the development literature. Human capital is the factor where the transition process has had significant and long-term implications. Human capital became a crucial determinant and a prerequisite for FDI attraction that a country, including Kosovo must have if willing to attract the right mode of foreign capital. Theory and empirical studies are inconclusive as per direct impacts of FDI in developed countries, but when it comes to transition and undeveloped economies, and Kosovo, there is more agreement on the positive effects of FDI in economic development and human capital. This paper seeks to understand the weight of human capital in different types of FDI theories.

Keywords: FDI; human capital; transition; theories. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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