Determinants of direct foreign investment in Turkey

Abstract

Attempts to discuss a rarely debated issue in the literature of international business i.e. Turkey’s attractiveness as a manufacturing location, and examines the determinants of foreign direct investment in Turkey. After briefly concluding the main location‐specific factors of Turkey, the findings of three different surveys are demonstrated. The surveys’ results suggest that overemphasis made by the Turkish officials on location‐specific factors such as “low cost labour and cheaper inputs” and “geographical location” is a sign of mis‐policy design since the major determinants of foreign direct investment seem to be factors such as “the promising Turkish economy” and “growing local market”.

Citation

Coskun, R. (2001), "Determinants of direct foreign investment in Turkey", European Business Review, Vol. 13 No. 4, pp. 221-227. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005536