Polsko-amerykańskie wzajemne inwestycje bezpośrednie

This paper deals with the topic of international competitiveness focusing on mutual investment attractiveness of Poland and the United States. Based on available information on the activities of Polish and American firms preliminary conclusions can be formulated as to the factors determining companies’ competitiveness and location’s attractiveness. Scale of activity and experience including financial resources are decisive for American firms’ability to invest on Polish market whose attractiveness rests on various factors depending on the investment wave, i.e. stage of development. Flexibility and novelty of supplied products and services enable young Polish firms to venture on the mature and highly competitive US market which offers specific local advantages such as access to advanced demand, networks or clusters.