This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the inland ports of the Slovak Republic within the framework of the Danube Axis, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades...

Autor v článku analyzuje historické skúsenosti Francúzska s imigráciou a venuje sa implikácii asimilačného modelu vo Francúzsku, pričom práve Francúzsko sa vníma ako vzor asimilačného integračného modelu. Autor prechádza od masových imigračných vĺn cez zavedené opatrenia...

V predkladanom článku autor sumarizuje skúsenosti krajín EÚ15 s otváraním pracovných trhov pre nové členské krajiny vstupujúce do Európskej únie v roku 2004. Veľká Británia, Írsko a Švédsko na rozdiel od ostatných členských štátov EÚ15 otvorili svoj pracovný trh a...

In recent years, interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) has risen considerably due to stakeholder xpectations: "conscientious consumers", institutional investors' interest in Socially Responsible Investment (SRI), the increasing demand for highly qualified employees, the political...

Trendy v medzinárodnom marketingovom prostredí formujú riadenie medzinárodných podnikateľských aktivít. Tieto trendy sú na druhej strane ovplyvňované všeobecnými trendmi vývoja svetovej ekonomiky. Riadenie medzinárodných podnikateľských aktivít je tak komplexným systémom...

This paper discusses environmental policies in response to foreign direct investment (FDI) in a symmetrie two-country setting, where firms' behavior affects government policy decisions. We show that two alternative equilibria with FDI are possible: (i) one with unilateral FDI, where one firm is...

The theory of internalization currently seems to be generally accepted as a possible explanation of multinational enterprise. The issue of the theory is that a multinational enterprise has developed a firm-specific advantage in its home market, usually in the form of intangible assets, giving...

The paper focuses on selective investment incentives. The main aim is to discuss question how to quantify net fiscal impact properly. As shown, the problem is not trivial - the proper quantification presupposes using of several parameters, accounting of costs in the economic sense of this word...

This study is devoted to analysis of different aspects of world oil market development and its role in further growth of individual national economies, especially in connection with the ever intensifying globalization process. The study shows individual aspects and parts of the oil market, be it...

The article discusses different causes of financial crises and shows that the imputation of reinvested profits of the subsidiaries of foreign firms as a debit item on a host country's balance of payments account tends to overstate the current account deficit and to make the host country seem...