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Theobjectivesoftheresearchwereasfollows:
toidentifytheforeigninvestorswhohaveinvestedintheSilesianVoivodship(the
followingcriteriawereaccepted:aninvestor’scountryoforigin,profileoftheir
businessoperations,industry,acompany’ssize,anamountofcapitalinvested),
toidentifytheobjectiveandsubjectivecriteriaunderlyingtheinvestment
attractivenessandtheirreferencetotheSilesianVoivodship,
tofindouttheplaceoftheSilesianVoivodshipintherankingofattractive-
ness,comparedtootherPolishvoivodships,
todescribethestrengthsandweaknessesoftheSilesianVoivodship,compa-
redtotheothervoivodships,whenitcomestoattractingforeigninvestments,
toidentifytheopportunitiesandthreatsthatforeigninvestorsfacewhenthey
wanttostartdoingbusinessintheSilesianVoivodship,
toidentifytheimportanceoftheimageprojectedbytheSilesianVoivodship
inmanagingtheinvestmentattractivenessofthisregion,
toidentifytheroleoftheKatowiceSpecialEconomicZoneinattractingfore-
igninvestments,
todescribetheroleoflocalgovernmentauthoritiesinthevoivodship,
poviats,communesandotherinstitutionswhenmanagingtheinvestmentat-
tractivenessoftheregioninquestion.
Themethodicalobjectivesincluded:
reviewoftheexistingmeasuresofinvestmentattractivenessandcreationof
theauthors’ownbaseofmeasuresforevaluatinginvestmentattractivenessof
agivenmarket,whichcanbeusedindirectresearch,
criticalreviewoftheresearchmethodsandtechniques,whichcanbeusedin
directresearchintotheinvestmentattractivenessoftheSilesianVoivodship.
Thescientificproblemsaddressedbytheauthorsrequiredbothsecondary
andprimarysourcesofinformation.Thesecondaryresearchwasaimedatevalu-
atingtherealandpotentialinvestmentattractivenessoftheSilesianVoivodship.
Theliteraturereviewedtothisendconcernedinvestmentattractivenessand
competitivenessofregions,foreigndirectinvestmentsandmarketingofplace.
Avaluablesecondarysourceofinformationwerealsothereportsonthestudies
ofregions’investmentattractivenessconductedsofaraswellastherankingsof
mostattractivecities,createdbytherepresentativesofthescienceandthele-
adingconsultingcompanies.
Inordertocreatetheauthors’ownrankingofPolishvoivodshipsintermsof
theirattractivenessforinvestments,thequantitativedatawasused.Theauthors
mainlydrewonthedatafromtheRegionalDatabankoftheCentralStatistical
Office,thePolishInformationandForeignInvestmentAgencyandtheeconomic
entitieswhichexercisemanagementoverthespecialeconomiczones.Theyalso
usedtheinformationobtainedfromtheMarshallOfficeoftheSilesianVoivod-
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