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Drivers and strategies of international new ventures from a Central European transition economy
Nowiński, Witold; Rialp, Alex - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 18 (2013) 2, pp. 191-231
This paper contributes to SME internationalization theory by offering regionspecific propositions on early … internationalization of Central and Eastern European (CEE) firms. We suggest that special treatment of international new ventures from CEE … early internationalization involve domestic market entry barriers and arbitrage opportunities related to the higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307017
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Prospective NATO or EU membership and institutional change in transition countries
Belke, Ansgar; Bordon, Ingo G.; Melnykovska, Inna; … - 2009
This paper quantifies the impact of incentives related to potential membership on institutional change as measured by the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 we show that pre-accession incentives provided by EU and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271855
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Prospective NATO or EU Membership and Institutional Change in Transition Countries
Belke, Ansgar; Bordon, Ingo G.; Melnykovska, Inna; … - 2009
This paper quantifies the impact of incentives related to potential membership on institutional change as measured by the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 we show that pre-accession incentives provided by EU and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271856
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Prospective NATO or EU membership and institutional change in transition countries
Belke, Ansgar; Bordon, Ingo G.; Melnykovska, Inna; … - 2009
This paper quantifies the impact of incentives related to potential membership on institutional change as measured by the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 we show that pre-accession incentives provided by EU and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278016
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How important are labor market institutions for labor market performance in transition countries?
Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander - 2009
This paper offers a first comprehensive study of the relationship between labor market institutions and policies and labor market performance in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, which in the last two decades experienced radical economic and institutional transformations. Based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271253
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Resource-based reluctance, reversed asymmetry, and non-trade integration incentives: theory and evidence from European neighbourhood
Franke, Anja; Gawrich, Andrea; Melnykovska, Inna; … - 2009
Among ENP countries, Azerbaijan is outstanding because it leans on its resource base and sees the EU at the receiving end of bilateral relations. At the other extreme, Ukraine depends on EU cooperation, especially with respect to trade. We develop a comprehensive theoretical concept for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265255
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An almost-too-late warning mechanism for currency crises
Crespo Cuaresma, Jesus; Slacik, Tomas - 2007
We propose exploiting the term structure of relative interest rates to obtain estimates of changes in the timing of a currency crisis as perceived by market participants. Our indicator can be used to evaluate the relative probability of a crisis occurring in one week as compared to a crisis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293408
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Credit growth in Central and Eastern Europe: new (over)shooting stars?
Egert, Balázs; Backé, Peter; Zumer, Tina - 2006
This paper analyzes the equilibrium level of private credit to GDP in 11 Central and Eastern European countries in order to see whether the high credit growth recently observed in some of these countries led to above equilibrium private credit-to-GDP levels. We use estimation results obtained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604733
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Gaining credibility and enhancing economic growth through regional integration: The case for EU membership of Eastern Europe
Piazolo, Daniel - 1997
Trade between Eastern and Western Europe has increased considerably in the last years. Given this market-induced development, why should it be necessary to advance institutional integration? This paper argues that Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) can potentially enhance the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275452
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Happiness in Eastern Europe
Hayo, Bernd - 2004
This paper analyses the determinants of happiness in seven Eastern European transition countries during the early phase of economic transition. The analysis of representative survey data in an ordered logit model shows that those core socio-demographic and economic variables known to be relevant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265761