LOCATION DECISIONS OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IN ROMANIA

• Main Author: Lucia P. BLĂJUȚ
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence 2016-07-01
• Series: SEA: Practical Application of Science
• Subjects: Multinationals; Foreign Direct Investment; Location choice
• Online Access: http://seaopenresearch.eu/Journals/articles/SPAS_11_9.pdf

This paper investigates the location decisions of foreign direct investments by the most important global multinational companies in Romania. The study covers the top 100 multinational companies, according to Fortune and underline that all of them have the headquarters location in the United States. In particular, this analysis presents the distribution of global companies based on the main industry and major economic sectors. The first company, from the rank 100, that invests in our country is Exxon Mobil (the number two on the list) and has numerous projects in petroleum refining industry in many other countries, because energy sector is one of the most important ones in the global economy.