This article examines a case study of one industry in order to explore the factors influencing changing performance levels in the industries of post-socialist economies. It explores the influence on industrial performance of a number of once-only non-repetitive factors of market development that...

This article examines a case study of one industry in order to explore the factors influencing changing performance levels in the industries of post-socialist economies. It explores the influence on industrial performance of a number of once-only non-repetitive factors of market development that...

Die KOF hat für den Branchenverband VISCOM und die Gewerkschaft Syndicom eine Umfrage bei den Unternehmen der grafischen Industrie durchgeführt. Die Schweizer Unternehmen der grafischen Industrie haben zwar unter der jüngsten Rezession gelitten, für die Zukunft erwarten sie aber eine...

This paper analyzes the effects of 3D printing technologies on the volume of trade and on the structure of FDI. A standard model with firm-specific heterogeneity generates three main predictions. First, 3D printers are introduced in areas with high economic activity that also face high transport...