In the contemporary world the development of every country is based not only on the utilization of domestic factors but also, on a larger and larger scale, on external factors. The basic prerequisites for their effective use are the openness of a given economy and its competitiveness. In the...

Greece has applied for membership in the European Communities on June 13, 1975, Portugal on March 28, 1977, and Spain in the same year on July 28. With the treaties signed in the meantime Greece has become the tenth member country since January 1, 1981, while Portugal and Spain have become the...

The last, so-called eastern enlargement of the European Union is still controversial issue also from the purely economic point of view. However, taking into account respective theory on the long-run it should strengthen the overall international competitiveness of the enlarged Union and there...

In der Märzausgabe des WIRTSCHAFTSDIENST haben Hugo Dicke und Hans H. Glismann sich mit der Frage befaßt, wie treffsicher die Konjunkturprognosen der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Forschungsinstitute sind1. In diesem Beitrag gehen sie der Frage nach, ob der wissen schaftlich-technische...