On the question of Ukraine's investment attractiveness for multinational corporation

Abstract

Nowadays the multinational corporations due to direct foreign investments constantly enhance their impact on both international economic relations and the competitiveness of the national economy. Inflows of investment capital serve as the basis for development of the infrastructure of the territory and production while attracting foreign technologies increases competitiveness of domestic products in foreign markets.

The purpose of writing this article is to determine the investment strategies of TNC when entering the Ukrainian market, as well as general trends of attracting foreign direct investments that influence the investment attractiveness of Ukraine. 

Research methods are analysis and synthesis, comparison. 

Based on the comparison of the data on the dynamics of volume of foreign investment in the economy of Ukraine and other countries of the world we analyzed the peculiarities of attracting foreign direct investment in Ukraine.

The sectoral structure of foreign direct investment was explored and the trends specific to the major types of economic activity were determined. According to the data of analyzed scientific materials it was determined that the overwhelming part of the capital of foreign TNC is concentrated in the food and tobacco industry, trade, finance, real estate operations, i.e. in the areas with high turnover of capital and secured markets. In addition, a negative trend of decrease in the inflow of foreign capital in the real sector of economy was discovered.

The paper considers the criteria, according to which Ukraine is attractive for the activities of TNC, and the factors that reduce the competitive advantage were also taken into account. 

Scientific novelty of the work is in determining the characteristics of the current development of investment processes in Ukraine, as well as the substantiation of the necessity of studying the aspects of TNC investment activities to attract foreign investments into the economy of the country on mutually beneficial conditions.

The practical significance of the work is in that providing appropriate measures to improve the investment climate will allow by rational approach obtaining a number of competitive advantages, related to functioning of foreign corporations on its territory. 

Further research will tackle government programs to create appropriate legislation with regulation of incentives to attract foreign TNC and the system of the shock absorbers against possible negative consequences of transnationalization.