Wpływ bezpośrednich inwestycji zagranicznych na postęp technologiczny w Polsce

The influence of Direct Foreign Investments on technological progress

The article deals with their idea of the direct foreign investments and their role in the technological development in Poland.  The direct foreign investments form the important part of the technology inflow to the country of their importer mainly in:  objectified form as the inflow of goods of hinger technological level  connected with FDI,  unobjectified form comprising. first of all, the scientific and technical  concept protected by patens and unprotected,  transfer competence by human factor.  Applying them helps to reduce the technological underdevelopmentin the country of the FDI importer on condition that the technologies imported to the country are modem, properly adapted to the economy of the country and used effectively.  ln this respect in Poland there are a lot of problems as the solutions that inflow to the country were of relative novelty (about 30% of the solutions and technological devices was even 10 years old), and moreover in many cases Polish scientific and research base was not sufficient to implement and develop them.  That is why, the state should apply the selective policy as regards the development of branches and lines of business with foreign capital and the technologies applied.