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Credible economic reform has played a key role in Estonia’s success in attracting significant amounts of foreign direct … investment. This paper analyzes two years of data from a survey of foreign investors in Estonia to determine the major …-related factors are the primary motivations for investors coming to Estonia, while bureaucracy, corruption, and labour quality are the …
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This paper analyses some of the current problems emerging in the Baltic economies with special reference to Estonia and …
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capital of Estonia. The focus is on contemporary 'post-privatization' housing-policy measures and their effects, although the … policies in Estonia and western Europe, where the welfare role is often to mitigate the detrimental effects of economic …
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Estonia, Regional Studies38, 679-696. Recent geographical migration studies have aimed at clarifying the impact of both social … in Estonia, a multicultural society, during the transition period (1989-94). We use longitudinal data and apply … social polarization and ethnic segregation in post- Soviet Estonia as a result of internal migration. Kulu H. et Billari F. C …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it aims to contribute to the theoretical discussion on shared service centres (SSCs) for public sector accounting by putting forth a novel typology of different SSCs and their creation modes, and outlining the challenges these specific...
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Purpose – Estonian companies have been in a continuous state of change for the past 15 years, and there is still a lot to be done to achieve welfare levels comparable with developed countries in the European Union. The crucial question is how to achieve employee commitment to organisational...
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European human resource management (HRM). The paper evaluates the converging vs diverging implications in Estonia and Finland … cover private companies and public sector organisations. Findings – The comparison of HRM in Estonia and Finland revealed a … few interesting empirical observations: First, in spite of Estonia's short history as an independent Baltic state, HRM has …
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Purpose – The purpose is to show the interconnections between the management style of an internationally expanding company and the pattern of its network connections, while incorporating the company size and corporate traditions as secondary determinants. Design/methodology/approach – The...
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Purpose – This paper is aimed at providing the theoretical basis and some empirical implications concerning the effect of the psychological (or “psychic”) distance on the enterprise internationalisation process. The main goal is to examine distance components and their dynamics with the...
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