| Abstract [eng] |
Masters’s paper detailed analysis the foreign direct investments (FDI), their influence, importance and effect of Lithuanian economy. According to Lithuanian and foreign authors carried out studies, laws, scientific literature, the theoretical work presented FDI conception, essence, forms and classification. Positive and negative effects of FDI in the country based by economic growth, knowledge scale losses, job creation and competitiveness conceptions. In the second part of the work carried out the study of FDI in 2003-2009: analysis FDI dynamics issue, the distribution of areas of the country, economic sector and their economic activities, and by investors. Application of correlation regresion and multiple correlation methods, determined FDI influence for these macroeconomic indicators such as GDP, export, unemployment rate, inflation. Partially approved authors formulated the research hypothesis that FDI directly affect GDP growth and export expansion, but does not increase the number of employed. |
