| F36 Which of the following reasons best describes your company’s motivation to invest abroad? | ||||||||||||
| Economy | Total | Access to new markets | Lower production costs, including labour force cost | Better integration of your company’s value chain | Access to natural resources and raw materials | Technological innovation and capabilities | Skilled labor market | Access to land or real estate | Business friendly legal and regulatory environment | Tax rates | To acquire or complement new technologies or brand | |
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| N | % | |||||||||||
| Balkan Barometer 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Region | 1211 | 100 | 3,4 | 4,5 | 4,4 | 4,9 | 5,0 | 5,3 | 5,8 | 5,8 | 5,8 | |
| Albania | 200 | 13 | 2,9 | 4,6 | 3,6 | 5,2 | 5,1 | 4,0 | 6,0 | 6,2 | 7,2 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
200 | 18 | 2,7 | 4,7 | 3,9 | 4,6 | 5,5 | 5,0 | 6,3 | 5,7 | 6,6 | |
| Croatia | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Kosovo* | 210 | 7 | 1,6 | 2,5 | 6,1 | 5,5 | 5,0 | 4,7 | 6,3 | 7,0 | 6,3 | |
| North Macedonia | 200 | 11 | 2,6 | 5,0 | 4,2 | 5,8 | 4,6 | 4,9 | 5,6 | 5,7 | 6,6 | |
| Montenegro | 200 | 5 | 3,3 | 4,2 | 4,4 | 5,5 | 5,6 | 5,8 | 5,4 | 5,1 | 5,7 | |
| Serbia | 201 | 45 | 4,1 | 4,6 | 4,4 | 4,8 | 4,9 | 5,8 | 5,6 | 5,7 | 5,2 | |
| Balkan Barometer 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Region | 1203 | 100 | 2,0 | 3,1 | 3,0 | 3,3 | 3,7 | |||||
| Albania | 200 | 13 | 2,0 | 3,8 | 2,1 | 4,0 | 3,1 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
200 | 18 | 1,4 | 2,5 | 2,7 | 3,9 | 4,5 | |||||
| Croatia | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||
| Kosovo* | 200 | 7 | 1,7 | 2,5 | 3,2 | 3,5 | 4,1 | |||||
| North Macedonia | 202 | 11 | 2,3 | 3,3 | 3,3 | 3,7 | 2,3 | |||||
| Montenegro | 200 | 5 | 2,0 | 3,4 | 3,0 | 2,6 | 4,0 | |||||
| Serbia | 201 | 45 | 2,3 | 3,5 | 3,2 | 2,9 | 3,3 | |||||
| Balkan Barometer 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Region | 1200 | 100 | 2,8 | 3,1 | 2,9 | 3,2 | 3,0 | |||||
| Albania | 200 | 17 | 2,8 | 3,0 | 2,8 | 2,8 | 2,8 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
200 | 17 | 2,5 | 2,8 | 2,5 | 3,0 | 2,6 | |||||
| Croatia | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||
| Kosovo* | 200 | 17 | 3,8 | 3,9 | 3,9 | 3,9 | 3,9 | |||||
| North Macedonia | 200 | 17 | 2,8 | 3,0 | 2,7 | 2,9 | 2,6 | |||||
| Montenegro | 200 | 17 | 2,4 | 3,2 | 2,7 | 3,2 | 2,8 | |||||
| Serbia | 200 | 17 | 2,4 | 2,6 | 2,9 | 3,0 | 3,3 | |||||
| Balkan Barometer 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Region | 1215 | 100 | 59 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 9 | |||||
| Albania | 203 | 13 | 60 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
206 | 18 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 21 | |||||
| Croatia | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||
| Kosovo* | 200 | 7 | 71 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| North Macedonia | 200 | 11 | 67 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 | |||||
| Montenegro | 205 | 5 | 48 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| Serbia | 201 | 45 | 61 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 4 | |||||
| Balkan Barometer 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Region | 1.271 | 100 | 56 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 12 | |||||
| Albania | 221 | 13 | 59 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
208 | 19 | 50 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Croatia | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||
| Kosovo* | 208 | 7 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | |||||
| North Macedonia | 202 | 43 | 34 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 21 | |||||
| Montenegro | 227 | 5 | 79 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Serbia | 205 | 12 | 29 | 19 | 36 | 8 | 7 | |||||
| Balkan Barometer 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Region | 85 | 100 | 2,1 | 2,9 | 3,2 | 3,1 | 3,7 | |||||
| Albania | 7 | 6 | 2,4 | 3,1 | 3,1 | 3,3 | 3,0 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
22 | 26 | 2,5 | 2,7 | 3,0 | 3,0 | 3,7 | |||||
| Croatia | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||
| Kosovo* | 15 | 7 | 1,3 | 3,1 | 2,7 | 4,1 | 3,7 | |||||
| North Macedonia | 10 | 8 | 2,0 | 2,9 | 2,3 | 3,9 | 3,9 | |||||
| Montenegro | 12 | 4 | 1,4 | 4,0 | 2,8 | 3,1 | 3,8 | |||||
| Serbia | 19 | 50 | 1,9 | 2,9 | 3,5 | 2,9 | 3,7 | |||||