This research examines the individual and combined effects of internal integration (II) and external integration (EI) on product innovation. Two combined effects—balanced integration and complementary integration—are examined. Based on ambidexterity theory, the combined effects of II and EI...

Graph of the month Foreign trade of the automotive industry in the NMS-7 Sources of economic growth in CEE countries before and after the crisis domestic effects and the importance of spillovers from Germany (by Roman Römisch) German firms drive innovation in Europe and around the globe (by...

The automotive industry is one of the most important sectors for Polish total exports and imports in terms of value, as well as the factor of trade intensity trade. The paper is aimed at verifying the hypothesis according to which the sector covered in this research does not strengthen the...

In diesem Diskussionspapier wird die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der weißrussischen Milchwirtschaft unter Verwendung von Außenhandelsdaten analysiert. Die ex-post Analyse wird durch eine ex-ante Analyse erweitert, um die künftige Stellung der Branche im internationalen Wettbewerb detaillierter zu...

Teen drivers, especially males, are known to be at greater risk of being involved in a motor vehicle collision than any other age group. While novice teen drivers’ primary risk factors are commonly known, less is known about what teens perceive as risk factors for peers getting hurt or...