We examine the impact of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on the growth of local firms in terms of employment and total factor productivity (TFP) for the Slovenian manufacturing sector in the 1994-2003 period. The theoretically predicted channels through which inward FDI affects the firm...

This paper studies the effects of foreign direct investment on labour productivity in manufacturing industries of two transition countries, Estonia and Slovenia. The emphasis is on the dimension of export/local market orientation. The study is based on firm-level panel data. It is shown that in...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a key driver for (global) business/nation competitiveness: economic growth, innovation, employment and social integration. Thus (global) business competitiveness of any country can be observed throughout national (globally operating SMEs) enterprises...

Goldgräber-Stimmung bei den Investoren? Welche Fördermittel stehen für Investitionen in Tschechien zur Verfügung? Welche Steuervorteile gibt es in Polen? Wo liegen die Fallstricke im ungarischen Arbeitsrecht? Wie erwirbt man am besten eine Immobilie in der Slowakei? Je 20 Fragen und...

The paper analyses whether, and to what extent, firm's ability to innovate is induced by firm's own R&D activity and to what extent by factors external to firm. It first estimates the impact of firms' internal R&D capital and external R&D spillovers on firms' innovation activity within an...