Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment in Romania: Low Tech Investments versus High Tech Investments

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has gained significant importance over the past decade as a tool for accelerating growth and development of economies in transition. The Eastern-European countries were the destination of some significant capital inflows because of some important features of each market, as: development level of the infrastructure, labor force characteristics, market size and its future development potential, regulation level of the market, liberalization level of the prices, tax policies and technology absorption capability.When talking about foreign direct investments it is very important to analyze the level of technology of the investment because that particular characteristic can provide a very clear description of the development level of the chosen region. Therefore the main goal of this research paper is to provide a clear description of the similarities and of the differences of the two investor types (low tech, high tech), both at national and regional level.