Foreign Direct Investment in a Recent Entrant to the EU: The Case of the Automotive Industry in Romania

Egresi, István

doi:10.2747/1539-7216.48.6.748

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“…As a result, ECE has become deeply integrated in the value chain of German car producers even in the more complex and thus much less mobile segments of production. Evidence suggests that French automotive investors have similar ambitions in Romania (Egresi, ). These findings imply that with the active contribution of the EU, the eastern Member States have served as a platform for increasing the competitiveness of key western European businesses and in this sense they are mutually dependent on each other.…”

Section: From Coercion To Regulation: the Eu's Regulatory Influence Amentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of the EU in Shaping FDI Flows to East Central Europe

Medve-Bálint

2013

J of Common Market Studies

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East Central Europe's (ECE) recent record in accumulating FDI stock is notable even from a global perspective. While most scholarly works downplay the role of the European Union (EU) in this process, this article claims that in an attempt to manage the economic opportunities and threats that ECE posed after the regime change, the EU has actively shaped foreign capital inflows to the region. First, the EU triggered a liberal shift in ECE's FDI policies. Second, after enlargement, the EU has reinforced ECE's locational advantages through its practice of approving most of the incentive schemes offered to foreign investors. While investors mainly coming from the old EU Members began to dominate ECE economies, the region's heavy reliance on FDI has also produced a reverse effect: ECE investments have enhanced the global competitiveness of western European firms. To a certain extent, FDI has therefore transcended the traditional east–west divide.

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Section: From Coercion To Regulation: the Eu's Regulatory Influence Amentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of the EU in Shaping FDI Flows to East Central Europe

Medve-Bálint

2013

J of Common Market Studies

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“…The sheer magnitude of the Chinese market and the state-controlled political economy-albeit significantly changed and changing-enable China to control the entry and operation of automobile TNCs to a greater extent than in most other parts of the developing world (cf. Barnes and Kaplinsky, 2000;Humphrey, 2003;Liu and Dicken, 2006;Pavlínek, 2006;Egresi, 2007;Pavlínek and Janak, 2007). In practice, the Chinese government has mobilized such industrial policy tools as joint-venture requirements, 2 preferences for localization, and the centralization of state approval of assembly projects.…”

Section: Eurasian Geography and Economicsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…They do so primarily because of the high multiplier effects of the industry in both employment and economic growth. Moreover, most nation states, in particular the developing countries, have actively intervened in the development of the industry by relying on various industrial and trade policies (e.g., Barnes and Kaplinsky, 2000;Pavlínek, 2000Pavlínek, , 2002Pavlínek, , 2003Pavlínek, , 2006Yoshimatsu, 2000;Harwit, 2001;Humphrey, 2003;Liu and Dicken, 2006;Egresi, 2007). Over the last several decades, the development of the automobile industry in these countries can be understood to a large extent through the interactions and bargaining relationships between nation states and TNCs.…”

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China's Dynamic Industrial Sector: The Automobile Industry

Liu

Yeung

2008

Eurasian Geography and Economics

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Two leading Beijing-and Singapore-based economic geographers examine the recent developments and spatial change in China's automobile industry (currently the world's third largest). The paper covers changes in market share among major automobile transnational corporations as well as domestic assemblers; industrial restructuring in the form of product diversification (SUVs to hybrid cars) and production concentration; the massive increase in exports of motor vehicles; and the rise of new automobile production centers. Also included in the paper is a case study of the firm Chery to illustrate the development path of Chinese domestic car assemblers. The embeddedness of transnational corporations and deregulation by the Chinese government are advanced as the two major factors that shape the car industry's geographic distribution in China. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: D20, F21, L62. 15 figures, 2 tables, 46 references.

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“…Furthermore, through fragmentation due to the multiple interested stakeholders, sections of those plants were partly renewed while others turned to dereliction. A reason for these actions is grounded in the competitiveness of both machinery and automotive industry in Romania [118]. This industrial field was of interest as long as it could make use of the local cheaper labor force.…”

Section: Investigating Local Urban Dereliction In the Romanian Small-mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most of the ruins emerged after 1997. The post-2000 maturity in local and national economy [118] partly revives the former state-socialist, industrial areas. In Lugoj it is the case of the northern industrial platform that triggered the interest of important transnational companies, such as Villeroy and Boch, Rieker, MPV Gmbh, and located themselves in some of the former state-socialist plants that were restored to different extents.…”

Section: Investigating Local Urban Dereliction In the Romanian Small-mentioning

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Abandoned Places and Urban Marginalized Sites in Lugoj Municipality, Three Decades after Romania’s State-Socialist Collapse

Jucu

Voiculescu

2020

Sustainability

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The postsocialist process of urban restructuring came with important spatial, social, and economic consequences. This triggered important transformations that remain palpable in the everyday texture of urban life, spatial patterns, and even the internal structures of the city. Every urban settlement was bound to contribute to the state socialist industry so that postsocialist urban transformations also included multiple aspects of dereliction and ruination of the socialist industrial assets. Threatening postsocialist urban formations and sustainability, the most common feature is collective neglect at national, regional, and local scales. The transition from state-socialist forms of production to the current market-based system poses many difficulties. This article specifically investigates the problems of urban industrial ruins in Lugoj—which are typical for medium-sized postsocialist municipalities in Romania. The research draws on qualitative data gathered by the authors through semi-structured interviews, personal communication, and oral histories and continuous infield observation (2012–2019). The findings unveil the production and the reproduction of abandoned spaces in Romanian urban settlements in the absence of specific regeneration programs and policies on urban redevelopment and marginalized areas. The analysis reveals that urban ruins harm the quality of life in local communities, damaging both the urban landscape and local sustainability. Further actions for local urban regeneration are urgently needed.

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Foreign Direct Investment in a Recent Entrant to the EU: The Case of the Automotive Industry in Romania

Cited by 10 publications

References 17 publications

The Role of the EU in Shaping FDI Flows to East Central Europe

The Role of the EU in Shaping FDI Flows to East Central Europe

China's Dynamic Industrial Sector: The Automobile Industry

Abandoned Places and Urban Marginalized Sites in Lugoj Municipality, Three Decades after Romania’s State-Socialist Collapse

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