Central Europe has experienced one of the most impressive growth and convergence stories of recent times. In particular, this has been achieved on the back of foreign-owned, capital-intensive manufacturing production in the automotive sector. With large domestic supplier networks and high skill...

We examine the evolution of industrial output in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Romania over the period 1989-1995 in terms of product trade orientation prior to the transition process, some products traded in a market economy while others traded in the artificial market of the Soviet Bloc. We...

Von der Integration mit der EU oder mit anderen Wirtschaftsräumen wie der Donauregion profitieren die CENTROPE-Regionen in unterschiedlicher Form. Die vorliegende Studie analysiert das Ausmaß der räumlichen Integration, das künftige Potential sowie Stärken, Schwächen und mögliche...