Industriepolitik ist ein umstrittener, aber notwendiger Teil der Wirtschaftspolitik. Sie entwickelte sich von sektoralen Eingriffen über eine Förderung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit durch breite, horizontale Politiken schließlich zu einer Kombination von primär horizontalen und ergänzend...

In 2003, Austria was finally able to close its FDI gap. A major contribution to catching up with the scope of active di-rect investment was provided by Austrian investments in the CEECs. Recently, interest has been tending to shift to-wards the more distant CEE countries. For several years now,...

Der Schwerpunkt der Studie ist - primär auf Basis eines Fragebogens die Ermittlung der Attraktivität Österreichs als Standort für Headquarters Funktionen von international orientierten Unternehmen. Analysiert werden Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten in den Bestimmungsgründen von...

The increasing importance of Eastern Europe for Austria's foreign trade has given a considerable boost to the growing level of internationalisation among Austrian businesses. Austria's export of goods has almost doubled over the past 15 years, and more than a third of this successful...

The objective of this paper is to analyse the development of industrial policy in the European Union. The changing concepts and rationale for industrial policy are reported with reference to the treaties and communications of the European Commission. Industrial policy has followed the course of...

Industrial policy is a controversial but necessary part of economic policy. In its early stages, it consisted mainly of sectoral interventions. It then evolved into a broader competitiveness policy driven by horizontal policies. Nowadays it is a mixture of mainly horizontal and of complementary...

This paper aims to redefine the term competitiveness to enhance its usefulness for the evaluation of country performance and for policy conclusions. We attempt to establish a definition that is adequate if economic policy strives for a new growth path that is more dynamic, socially inclusive and...