This book explores whether foreign direct investment (FDI) can contribute to the competitiveness of industries in Central Europe and to narrowing the gap between these transition economies and countries within the European Union. The Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia have attracted...

Daten über ausländische Direktinvestitionen werden oft als Indikator für die Attraktivität eines Transformationslandes angesehen oder als Beweis für die Integration osteuropäischer Unternehmen in die Weltwirtschaft. Das WIIW und das WIFO haben nun eine Datenbank über ausländische...

The Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies (WIIW) presents a survey of economic developments in Eastern Europe in 1993, with a forecast for 1994. Economic disparity among the regions east-central Europe, south-eastern Europe and the CIS became more pronounced in 1993. There are...

The Eastern Neighbourhood is an important area for the European Union in terms of markets, investment location, energy supply, etc. The stabilization of the area by improving conditions for doing business in both economic and political terms is a primary interest of EU members and their business...

Romanian SMEs can directly benefit from the Sectoral Operational Programme “Increase of Economic Competitiveness” (SOP IEC) and some parts of the Regional Operational Programme (ROP) in the 2007–2013 period. There has been wide interest for these subsidies on behalf of SMEs but major...