Foreign Direct Investment and Integration into Global Production and Distribution Networks : The Case of Poland

Not until the end of the twentieth century, the "second globalization," has the ratio of trade to Gross Domestic Product been comparable to that during the first globalization, which took place at the end of the nineteenth century and was...

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Main Authors: Kaminski, Bartlomiej, Smarzynska, Beata K.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/07/1552004/foreign-direct-investment-integration-global-production-distribution-networks-case-poland
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spelling okr-10986-195922021-04-23T14:03:43Z Foreign Direct Investment and Integration into Global Production and Distribution Networks : The Case of Poland Kaminski, Bartlomiej Smarzynska, Beata K. ABSOLUTE VALUE AGGREGATE TRADE APPAREL APPAREL INDUSTRY BALANCE OF TRADE BUSINESS CYCLE CAPITAL ACCOUNT CAPITAL GOODS CENTRAL PLANNING COAL COMPETITIVE PRESSURES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMER PREFERENCES CONSUMER PRODUCTS CURRENT ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS DIVISION OF LABOR DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EXCESS DEMAND EXPENDITURES EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT INTENSITY EXPORT ORIENTATION EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL TRADE FOREIGN COMPANIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRM FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN TRADE GDP GLOBAL MARKETS GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING INDUSTRY TRADE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR COSTS LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES MARKETING MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS OUTSOURCING POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY MAKERS PREFERENTIAL PARTNERS PROCESS OF INTEGRATION PRODUCERS PROPERTY RIGHTS RETAIL TRADE SALES SPECIALIZATION TARIFF RATES TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE TRADE BALANCE TRADE CLASSIFICATION TRADE DATA TRADE DEFICIT TRADE FLOWS TRADE PATTERNS TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNDERESTIMATES UNSKILLED LABOR VALUE OF EXPORTS VALUE OF IMPORTS Not until the end of the twentieth century, the "second globalization," has the ratio of trade to Gross Domestic Product been comparable to that during the first globalization, which took place at the end of the nineteenth century and was interrupted by World War I. Technological progress has increased the importance of the international division of labor and of global production and distribution networks. Multinational corporatios have been a driving force behind these developments. As a transition economy, Poland provides an interesting case for study, as its sudden opening to foreign investment after a long period of isolation allows the process of integratio into global networks to be studies more clearly. Using Poland as a case study, the authors study multinational corporatios' role in integrating a host country into the increasingly international division of labor. They provide evidence that inflows of foreign direct investment are increasing Poland's participation in global production and distribution networks. They conclude that because of the large volume of foreign direct investment inflows expected in Poland in the near future, Poland's exports--driven by fragmented production production--will continue to expand at even faster rates than observed there recently. 2014-08-21T19:45:19Z 2014-08-21T19:45:19Z 2001-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/07/1552004/foreign-direct-investment-integration-global-production-distribution-networks-case-poland http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19592 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2646 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Poland
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topic ABSOLUTE VALUE
AGGREGATE TRADE
APPAREL
APPAREL INDUSTRY
BALANCE OF TRADE
BUSINESS CYCLE
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL GOODS
CENTRAL PLANNING
COAL
COMPETITIVE PRESSURES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER DEMAND
CONSUMER GOODS
CONSUMER PREFERENCES
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
CURRENT ACCOUNT
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
DIVISION OF LABOR
DOMESTIC DEMAND
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EXCESS DEMAND
EXPENDITURES
EXPORT EARNINGS
EXPORT INTENSITY
EXPORT ORIENTATION
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL TRADE
FOREIGN COMPANIES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN FIRM
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN MARKETS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
FOREIGN TRADE
GDP
GLOBAL MARKETS
GROWTH RATE
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPORT TARIFFS
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING
INDUSTRY TRADE
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR COSTS
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
MARKETING
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
OUTSOURCING
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLICY MAKERS
PREFERENTIAL PARTNERS
PROCESS OF INTEGRATION
PRODUCERS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
RETAIL TRADE
SALES
SPECIALIZATION
TARIFF RATES
TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS
TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRADE
TRADE BALANCE
TRADE CLASSIFICATION
TRADE DATA
TRADE DEFICIT
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE PATTERNS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
UNDERESTIMATES
UNSKILLED LABOR
VALUE OF EXPORTS
VALUE OF IMPORTS
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE VALUE
AGGREGATE TRADE
APPAREL
APPAREL INDUSTRY
BALANCE OF TRADE
BUSINESS CYCLE
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL GOODS
CENTRAL PLANNING
COAL
COMPETITIVE PRESSURES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER DEMAND
CONSUMER GOODS
CONSUMER PREFERENCES
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
CURRENT ACCOUNT
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
DIVISION OF LABOR
DOMESTIC DEMAND
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EXCESS DEMAND
EXPENDITURES
EXPORT EARNINGS
EXPORT INTENSITY
EXPORT ORIENTATION
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL TRADE
FOREIGN COMPANIES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN FIRM
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN MARKETS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
FOREIGN TRADE
GDP
GLOBAL MARKETS
GROWTH RATE
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPORT TARIFFS
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING
INDUSTRY TRADE
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR COSTS
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
MARKETING
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
OUTSOURCING
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLICY MAKERS
PREFERENTIAL PARTNERS
PROCESS OF INTEGRATION
PRODUCERS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
RETAIL TRADE
SALES
SPECIALIZATION
TARIFF RATES
TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS
TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRADE
TRADE BALANCE
TRADE CLASSIFICATION
TRADE DATA
TRADE DEFICIT
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE PATTERNS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
UNDERESTIMATES
UNSKILLED LABOR
VALUE OF EXPORTS
VALUE OF IMPORTS
Kaminski, Bartlomiej
Smarzynska, Beata K.
Foreign Direct Investment and Integration into Global Production and Distribution Networks : The Case of Poland
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Poland
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2646
description Not until the end of the twentieth century, the "second globalization," has the ratio of trade to Gross Domestic Product been comparable to that during the first globalization, which took place at the end of the nineteenth century and was interrupted by World War I. Technological progress has increased the importance of the international division of labor and of global production and distribution networks. Multinational corporatios have been a driving force behind these developments. As a transition economy, Poland provides an interesting case for study, as its sudden opening to foreign investment after a long period of isolation allows the process of integratio into global networks to be studies more clearly. Using Poland as a case study, the authors study multinational corporatios' role in integrating a host country into the increasingly international division of labor. They provide evidence that inflows of foreign direct investment are increasing Poland's participation in global production and distribution networks. They conclude that because of the large volume of foreign direct investment inflows expected in Poland in the near future, Poland's exports--driven by fragmented production production--will continue to expand at even faster rates than observed there recently.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Kaminski, Bartlomiej
Smarzynska, Beata K.
author_facet Kaminski, Bartlomiej
Smarzynska, Beata K.
author_sort Kaminski, Bartlomiej
title Foreign Direct Investment and Integration into Global Production and Distribution Networks : The Case of Poland
title_short Foreign Direct Investment and Integration into Global Production and Distribution Networks : The Case of Poland
title_full Foreign Direct Investment and Integration into Global Production and Distribution Networks : The Case of Poland
title_fullStr Foreign Direct Investment and Integration into Global Production and Distribution Networks : The Case of Poland
title_full_unstemmed Foreign Direct Investment and Integration into Global Production and Distribution Networks : The Case of Poland
title_sort foreign direct investment and integration into global production and distribution networks : the case of poland
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/07/1552004/foreign-direct-investment-integration-global-production-distribution-networks-case-poland
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