This monograph presents results of empirical research based on the analysis of firm data and attempts to provide some background for the ongoing debate on the reform of competition policy.

The report summarizes the conditions of the small and medium size enterprises (SME) sector in Georgia, identiies main problems in their development and provides recommendations for further interventions based on the Czech experience, research of existing literature and own survey among SME...

The objective of the paper is to asses the role of foreign enterprises in the Czech economy and to compare the performance and structure of foreign and domestic firms. The analysis is based on the firm-level data during 2002-2007. It shows that role of foreign enterprises in the Czech economy...

This report has been prepared in the framework of the project “Transfer of know-how to small and mid-size businesses” of the International Visegrad Fund (IVF) and USAID. It summarizes the conditions of the SME sector (small and medium size enterprises) in Georgia, identifies the main...

In the period from 1991-96 there were large volumes of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) directed to various Czech manufacturing industries and services. Our empirical analysis has shown that those enterprises in the manufacturing sector receiving foreign capital were generally both physical...

Part of the legacy of a command economy are highly concentrated market structures. The purpose of the study is to analyze the extent to which market structures of manufacturing industries in the Czech economy adjusted during the first three years of transition and to draw conclusions about the...

This study is a contribution to the discussion about restructuring the manufacturing industry of the Czech Republic during the period 1991-93. The analysis is based on a unique data set created from a survey carried out in February 1994. The central objective of the study is to test whether the...

The impressive and spontaneous build-up of the private small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Czech Republic in 1990-93 coincided with the similarly dramatic changes in the public administration and in the whole environment for decision-making. The resulting problems of SMEs in the...