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Published: 18 October 2022

“Killing the Golden Goose?”: FDI in Poland 2022

Richard J. Hunter, Jr., Hector R. Lozada

Seton Hall University, University of Tulsa

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10.31014/aior.1992.05.04.462

Pages: 93-110

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, Polish Tech Bridges, Investment Factors, Investment Sectors

Abstract

This article is a follow up on recent events that relate to participation in foreign direct investment (FDI) activities in Poland in light of the Law on Freedom of Economic Activity (LFEA), the Act on Control of Certain Investments and the Amendments thereto, which provide for the rules on foreign participation in the Polish market and later restrictions on the purchase of Polish assets by discrete categories of investors. The article builds on research published in 2021 relating to the existence and importance of FDI in the Polish economy that had been negatively affected by a series of challenges and paradoxes in Polish society.

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