Ireland's economic development since the late 1980s has been remarkable: From languishing at the bottom of the EU to … extent a similar development may be possible for Latvia, currently the European Union's poorest member. A classification of …

This paper suggests a broad concept of transition that is built upon the techno-economic paradigm framework, and … defines transition as that institutional change process during which the 'match' between a new technology and institutions is … attained. It is argued that the post-socialist transition itself should be seen as the first phase in this institutional change …

transition from communist to market oriented economies. …

For about twenty years of Doi Moi with the transition to a market based economy, oriented to socialism and consistent … realization of multi-sector economic development policies in Vietnam, SMEs have witnessed significant steps in their development … developing production force, mobilizing internal resources for socio-economic development, making a critical contribution to …

The aim of the paper is to investigate the development of China’s state-controlled firms in the consumer electronics … different ways of development of China’s state-controlled firms with different competitive position. …

urbanization policies that contain inclusionary approaches may be more successful in promoting local development and managing its …

Interactions between economic development and financial development are studied by looking at the roles of financial … institutions in selecting R&D projects (including both imitation and innovation). Financial development is regarded as the … development stages of an economy. At higher development stages a financing regime with ex post selection capacity is more …

authorities in many developing and transition countries. This paper identifies the factors explaining why some enterprises are … 2002 and 2005 show that higher rates of crime are particularly associated with the weak development of micro enterprises in … of crime on FDI inflows and job creation, especially in less advanced transition countries, providing empirical evidence …

prevalent in transition economies, since they have not developed the financial reporting infrastructure that developed countries … transition economies are adopting or have already adopted IAS as a means of giving credibility to corporate financial statements …