competitiveness. First of all, labour productivity, particularly in manufacturing, grew at an outstanding rate, mainly due to FDI … attributed to improved competitiveness. The pronounced increase in manufacturing output, productivity and exports was based on … competitiveness (nominal appreciation of the forint combined with a sharp increase in nominal wages and a slow-down in productivity …

This paper analyses some of the factors behind the diverging productivity performances of the US and the EU over the … by two features the disappearance of the process of productivity catching-up of Europe vis-à-vis the US which had lasted … for most of the post-war period and the reversal from productivity slowdown to productivity acceleration in the US in the …

, competitiveness and production-location decisions. With the EU accession of eight Central and East European countries and their … (almost) full inclusion in the European Single Market, the issues related to the labour cost competitiveness of these … well as for its individual branches. A detailed statistical appendix contains indicators of macro-competitiveness for each …

competitiveness and economic growth in new EU member states (by Vasily Astrov; pp. 4-11) Keywords labour costs, competitiveness …, inflation Countries covered NMS Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy, International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI Global …

Eastern Europe (NMS). It analyses structural changes in the NMS' economies and patterns of productivity catching-up both at … productivity catching-up, both at the macroeconomic level and in the manufacturing industry in particular. Yet in most NMS the … growth of labour productivity went hand in hand with declining employment, and even with considerable job losses in the …

Summary This study analyses the impact of knowledge assets on productivity and technical efficiency in the EU, as well … environment in affecting productivity and technical efficiency and how different regulations interact with both the accumulation … crisis on productivity and efficiency at firm level are explored. …

, productivity and investment including foreign direct investment in the respective branches. Part 2 presents a more detailed …