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Executives See EU Expansion As Major Business Opportunity
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A vast majority (90%) of executives surveyed also said they believe that the EU’s expansion will have a positive impact on foreign direct investment. More than half of the respondents (52 percent) said they believe that expansion will spur new investment, and 31 percent said they believe that the planned expansion has already encouraged significant inflows that will continue. However, only a minority suggested that enlargement would affect corporate investment decisions; 21 percent of respondents thought their companies would invest in new capital, and 19 percent said their companies would invest in *** follow-on capital ***, in the accession countries as a result of expansion.

“The fact that few companies are likely to invest new or **** follow-on capital *** in accession countries may reflect the fact that more than half of the companies we surveyed are already operating in the region,” said [XXXXX local spokesperson]. “Western European companies that have already invested in the accession countries and understand these markets will clearly have an advantage over those considering “entry” at this point in time”