Study Regarding FDI Flows and International Competitiveness in European Union Countries

The purpose of the paper is to analyze foreign direct investment flows and international competitiveness in European Union countries. The result of the analyze shows that is a direct correlation between foreign direct investment flows (FDI flows quantify by UNCTAD) and international competitiveness (measured by World Economic Forum through global competitiveness index – GCI). In 2010 most of the European Union countries improved their score on international competitiveness even if the FDI flows has declined from a year earlier, including Romania.