ABSTRACT
Recently, Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI) showed visible signs of diversification. Not only manufacturing industry but also information and telecommunication or professional, scientific, and technical activities industries started to draw investors’ attention. The amount of Japanese FDI in Poland is not significant from the point of view of Japan. However, for Poland it is the tenth largest contributor to the total FDI positions when traced back to the ultimate investor.
This chapter provides an analysis of Japanese FDI into Poland between 1990 and 2018, split into three periods: before the European Union (EU) accession, after joining the EU and after the global financial crisis. It aims at describing changes in the characteristics of these inflows over the given time. The analysis is performed using the data from various sources, including the Orbis database from Bureau van Dijk. The amount of Japanese FDI in Poland decreased, but the number of firms with the Japanese capital has been growing, which proves that the bilateral cooperation evolves. The conclusion is that proceeding upgrade of production processes in Poland opens up new opportunities for future collaboration.
