International business in an EU candidate: the case of Bulgaria

Aristidis Bitzenis and Vasileios Vlachos

International Journal of Business Environment, 2010, vol. 3, issue 4, 412-426

Abstract: This study delegates a survey concerning the motives of, and barriers to international investors in Bulgaria during its transition period (1989-2007), with a special focus on the pre-accession period (2006-2007), for the generation of six variables that characterise international business during the EU accession era: entry mode, target, host country barriers, barriers determined by the MNC, host country motives, and motives determined by the MNC. The research findings indicate that EU accession has a positive contribution to an emerging economy, at the same time as regional characteristics are appended to the FDI inflows of Bulgaria.

Keywords: foreign direct investment; FDI inflows; entry modes; Bulgaria; European Union; EU accession; international business; EU candidates; motives; barriers; international investors; transition period; pre-accession period; targets; host countries; multinational corporations; MNCs; emerging economies; regional characteristics; business environment; emerging markets. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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