“…An even stronger incentive for increased FDI in a country is its acceptance as a new member in the EU. There is no doubt that Slovenia's membership in the EU (Rojec and Potocnik, 1997) as well as the Balkan regional economic integration (Bitzenis, 2004) would strongly increase FDI inflow into that country. This increase, however, will not be felt immediately but in the longer term when Slovenia harmonizes her legal and institutional frameworks with EU standards (Rojec and Potocnik, 1997).…”