The economic and political changes in the East have enhanced Austria's position as a "gateway" to the East and as a location for regional headquarters of multinational companies intent on gaining access to the new markets in the East. This article presents the results of a survey of...

A survey of the relevant literature finds that no really satisfactory answer is yet available on the issue of how important foreign trade really is for labour market developments. European studies have (with some exceptions) arrived at the conclusion that foreign trade has little impact on...

Globalisation and the process of European integration have dramatically changed the competitive environment for European manufacturing. The literature survey gives an insight into theoretically possible impacts of these ongoing processes on industrial structures, the specialisation patterns of...

Repercussions for Austria from the revolution in the East have so far been by and large positive: exports to East-Central Europe have doubled within three years, and debt of the Eastern countries was reduced by AS 10 billion. However, the time lead of the EC in having settled free trade...

Austrian exports to the East expanded vigorously in 1990 (+15 percent; excluding the USSR +25 percent). The political and economic revolution in the Eastern countries requires a revision in the breakdown of Austria's foreign trade. In its reports on foreign trade, WIFO will no longer count the...