Postavení transnacionálních korporací v jihovýchodní Asii

This bachelor thesis analyses activities of transnational corporations in Southeast Asia conducted by the foreign direct investment. The goal is to explore the mutual relations between these two entities and to understand, what the region means for transnational corporations and, simultaneously, how corporations influence the socio-economic live of the region. The course of analysis does not contain only modern aspects of the development of foreign direct investment, but also the key historical issues. The thesis consists of three parts. The first provides the main macroeconomic profile of Southeast Asia. In the second part we go through the historical concept together with today's opportunities and challenges presented in the region. Finally the third chapter focuses on the current state of the foreign direct investment, its dynamic, main actors, trends and impacts, both positive and negative. The subject is quite important nowadays due to the contemporary process of globalization, in which transnational corporations are the driving force and the states of Southeast Asia are one of the main providers of different kinds of facilities for the corporate activities.