Since the early 1990s, Central and Eastern Europe has attracted international business research into the interaction between radical societal change and business development in these emerging market economies. This paper has effectively utilized institutional theories, and thus revealed limitations of similar applications in other contexts, while setting the stage for...
The transition period has been a period of extraordinary politics. This paper discusses how institutional change has created bureaucratic barriers to entry, but also windows of opportunity for Foreign Direct Investment FDI. The high costs and high investment risks associated with FDI in Central and Eastern Europe CEE are a...
An empirical neoclassical growth model of the transition in Central and Eastern Europe reveals that foreign investment has incrementally contributed to economic growth. The model departs from the theoretical and applied growth literature with a partial adjustment model of foreign investment, estimating its phase equation with pooled data. Estimation reveals...
Europe is reorganizing its international value chain. The author document these changes in Europe's international organization of production with new survey data of Austrian and German firms investing in Eastern Europe. He shows estimates of the share of intrafirm trade between Austria or Germany on the one hand and Eastern...
The removal of the "Iron Curtain" epitomized the shed of Eastern Europe's central planning and the region's adoption of the Western market system. To establish a comparative advantage in nowadays markets, the transitioning nations need financial assistance through Foreign Direct Investment FDI. While most research focuses on economic and political...
There has been a quiet revolution in Eastern Europe for the past fifteen years - the explosive growth of the nonprofit sector. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Eastern European governments have done their fair share of shuffling as they attempt to adapt themselves to Western styles...
This paper highlights how the rise of supermarkets had a profound effect on agrifood systems via several important changes in the organization and institutions of the food system, including centralization of procurement from farmers, decline of traditional wholesale systems, and the rise of demanding private standards for product quality and...
Since the political changes there has been steady increase in Foreign Direct Investment into the Central and Eastern Europe. As a standard practice of property transactions within the European Union EU and USA, the investment capital companies require environmental due diligence to establish potential environmental risks associated with the transaction....
Following a period of privatization and restructuring, commercial banks in Central and Eastern Europe and, in the Balkans have rapidly expanded their lending to the private sector. This paper describes the causes of this expansion, assesses future trends, and evaluates its policy implications. It concludes that bank credit to the...
Exploratory qualitative interviews conducted with purchasing decision makers across various high-tech industries in Eastern Europe are compared to those in Central Europe and the United States. Findings suggest that Information Technology is perceived as less valuable by European firms and is utilized to a lesser degree. Multinational companies operating in...
This paper examines conditions under which empowerment (decision autonomy, dialogic leadership) is connected with positive and negative effects, respectively, in regard to managing transformational change in Eastern Europe. Acquisitions by foreign investors in Poland and Russia (N = 45 companies) and privatizations through employee buy-out in Romania (N = 5...
Health care spending has been a major casualty of Eastern Europe's transition to the market economy. To meet a dire need for cash, public hospitals there have two options: to charge patients for some services and to bid for a growing share of the global market for clinical trials sponsored...
WARSAW, Poland -- The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia -- a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a possible military response. For many Poles -- whose country has...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Regulatory News: Alfa Laval (STO:ALFA) - a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - has received an order for plate heat exchangers from a company in the growing Russian power industry. The order value is about SEK 50 million. Delivery is...
WASHINGTON -- As the Bush administration speeds ahead with plans to construct a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, some Democrats in Congress want to put on the brakes, saying it has not been adequately tested. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was scheduled to be in Warsaw...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1e5a6c/retail_attractiven) has announced the addition of the "Retail Attractiveness of Central and Eastern Europe - Comparative Analysis of Major Cities" report to their offering. Retail attractiveness of Central and Eastern Europe examines the retail environment and evaluates the potential for success in...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Austrian Airlines Group has reported its traffic figures for the first seven months of 2008. The group carried approximately 6.3 million passengers in its scheduled and charter operations from January to July, an increase of 1.2% year-on-year. ...
Recent Agreements Signed in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Eastern Europe and Dominican Republic with Letters of Intent Signed in India and Brazil DENVER -- Quiznos, one of the nation's fastest growing quick service restaurant chains, announced that it will significantly expand its international restaurant operations. The chain has already...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a27894/slovakia_automobil) has announced the addition of the "Slovakia Automobile Sector Analysis" report to their offering. Slovakia, the third-largest automotive manufacturer in central Europe, is among the fastest growing automotive markets in the Central & Eastern European Region CEE, with the industry production...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/941308/global_mobile_netw) has announced the addition of the "Global Mobile Network Operators Directory" directory to their offering. Key features of this new directory The directory lists the following mobile network operators by region: - Africa: 140+ networks ...
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