Volume contains the proceedings of the VII International Conference Jean Monnet (13 to 14 May 2011, Iasi), co-funded by the European Commission Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Program in European Studies. Events held under the auspices and promoted by the Center for European Studies, every...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the potential of ICT in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries for faster convergence with the EU-15 income level. The paper investigates this question from both macro and industry perspectives. First, it argues that, between 1995 and 2001, ICT...

This paper investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) as a driver of improved productivity performance of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries and Russia (CEER) relative to the EU-15 and the U.S. during the 1990s. The paper investigates how, and to what...