FDI IN SLOVAKIA AND THEIR ANALYSIS

Globalization and its gradual acceleration manifests itself in different ways of economic, social, cultural or political nature. Economic globalization - an increasing economic integration and interdependence is characterized inter alia by cross-border capital flows, which (in the meaning of private capital flows) include also FDI. FDI are a specific source of external financing, which are considered as important mean of implementation of sustainable development aims and growth of a private sector. More or less demonstrably, they conductive to the economic growth of target countries/regions mainly thanks to their positive direct and spill-over effects. FDI have been playing important role in the process of development of the Slovak economy, too. Based on this, the main aim of the article is to point out the importance of FDI for Slovakia. The first part is devoted to the theoretical aspects related to FDI and synthesis of existing knowledge; in the following parts, mainly analytical, will be presented chosen findings from the study that is dealing with the relationship between inward FDI inflows and selected macro indicators in Slovakia at the national level and at the level of regions (NUTS 3). The statistical analyses is conducted based on already officially published data. Except that, results from other researches on FDIs are used and presented.