Foreign Direct Investment in Central Eastern Europe

Foreign Direct Investment in Central Eastern Europe
Author: Saul Estrin
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780765602558

This work contains 12 case studies of foreign direct investment, four each in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Slovenia. Included are major firms such as Skoda and Danone, as well as smaller ventures.

Foreign Direct Investment in Central Eastern Europe: Case Studies of Firms in Transition

Foreign Direct Investment in Central Eastern Europe: Case Studies of Firms in Transition
Author: Saul Estrin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2024-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1040279627

This work presents twelve case studies of foreign direct investment in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia. The studies include major firms such as Skoda and Danone, as well as smaller ventures, and cover the same sectors for each country, thereby permitting useful comparisons and assessments of: the role of country, sector, technology, and firm-specific characteristics in determining the pattern and nature of foreign direct investment; the potential implications of FDI for the competitiveness of the investing firms; the impact of infusions of capital investments, technology, and managerial resources for the host economies; and the policy implications for host countries and relevant international institutions.

Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe

Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe
Author: Balázs Szent-Iványi
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2016-12-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319404962

This book examines how foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Central and Eastern Europe have changed after the Great Recession. It argues that beyond their cyclical effects, the economic crisis and the changing competitiveness of Central and Eastern European countries have had structural impacts on FDI in the region. FDI has traditionally been viewed as the key driver of national development, but the apparent structural shift means that focusing on cheap labour as a competitive advantage is no longer a viable strategy for the countries in the region. The authors argue that these countries need to move beyond the narrative of upgrading (attracting FDI inflows with increasingly higher value added), and focus on ensuring greater value capture instead. A potential way for doing this is by developing the conditions in which innovative national companies can emerge, thrive and eventually develop into lead firms of global value chains. The book provides readers with a highly informative account of the reasons why this shift is necessary, as well as diverse perspectives and extensive discussions on the dynamics and structural impacts of FDI in post-crisis Central and Eastern Europe.

Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Author: David Turnock
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2017-11-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351158104

With the achievement of further EU and NATO enlargement, a critical political and economic lens is now focused on East Central Europe and, to a lesser extent, the other former communist states. Economic growth in each transition state - and more broadly the region - pivots around the prospects for foreign direct investment (FDI), with decisions on where foreign investors will locate their projects now vitally important. This book - the first one devoted to a geographical survey concentrating specifically on FDI in the region - brings together a wide range of prominent authors from the US and Europe, including the late Frank Carter, to provide a timely and critical examination of the importance of foreign investment. It presents a detailed analysis of location patterns and their significance for regional development, with particular emphasis given to the important socioeconomic and political consequences of uneven distribution of FDI across the region and its constituent countries. Divided into two parts, the book first deals with general overarching themes and issues before applying these to more specific country case studies. The second part deals with regional studies, focusing broadly on the Western Balkans and Bulgaria, before looking at specific economic sectors in individual countries.

Emerging-market Multinational Enterprises in East Central Europe

Emerging-market Multinational Enterprises in East Central Europe
Author: Ágnes Szunomár
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2021-12-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783030551674

The rise of multinational enterprises (MNEs) from emerging markets is topical, important and poses a number of questions and challenges that require considerable attention in the future from academia as well as business management. The recent takeovers of high-profile companies in developed or developing countries by non-European emerging-market MNEs (EMNEs) – such as Lenovo, Wanhua (China), Hindalco (India), CVRD (Brazil), Cemex (Mexico), Lukoil (Russia), etc. – as well as the greenfield or brownfield investments of emerging companies (such as Huawei, ZTE, Tata, Pepco, etc.) show a new trend where new kind of firms become major players globally. EMNEs have become important players in several regions around the globe, ranging from the least developed countries of Africa through the developing markets in Latin America and Asia to the developed countries of the United States or the European Union, including East Central European (ECE) countries. EMNEs presence on the global level has resulted in numerous studies in the international literature but those research results barely cover EMNEs’ activities in the ECE region (in the East Central European EU member countries, including the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia). The existing books typically focus on the investment activity of a single country or region (such as China or East Asia) but a comprehensive analysis is still missing in this regard. The novelty of this edited volume is that it aims at exploring EMNEs location determinants, strategies, activities and challenges in East Central Europe by discussing its anomalies to the traditional theories as well as to other types of MNEs in the ECE region. The authors focus on EMNEs not only from China but from other important emerging countries, too, such as Russia, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Brazil or South Africa.

A Successful Transformation?

A Successful Transformation?
Author: Petr Pavlínek
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2008-04-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3790820407

This is a brilliant examination of the complex processes of the post-1990 transformation in the Czech automotive industry and its selective integration into the West European system. The post-1990 restructuring of the industry is analyzed in the context of its pre-1990 development and in the context of the East European automobile industry as a whole. Specifically, the book examines the development and post-1990 restructuring of the Czech car, components, and truck industries.

Contemporary Issues in Development Economics

Contemporary Issues in Development Economics
Author: Timothy Besley
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2016-04-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1137529741

This IEA volume brings together a set of essays written by leading authors on themes relevant to the study of economic development. The book covers a range of topics many of which are relevant to policy issues. The contributors bring new insights from empirical research in a range of economies with chapters including discussions of the UN development agenda, fiscal policy in Latin America, poverty data in Africa and Jordan, and monetary policy in South Africa. Contemporary Issues in Development Economics is an essential read for researchers, scholars and policymakers interested in economic development in low- and middle-income countries.

Regional Diversity and Local Development in the New Member States

Regional Diversity and Local Development in the New Member States
Author: P. Blokker
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2009-09-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230247016

This book analyzes regional and local models of development, in the context of existing socio-economic disparities and the impact of EU enlargement and European policy, offering a comparative and in-depth analysis of the distinct nature of regional differences within Central and Eastern Europe.

“16+1”合作与中国在中东欧国家的投资 “16+1”Cooperation and Chinese Investments in CEEC

“16+1”合作与中国在中东欧国家的投资 “16+1”Cooperation and Chinese Investments in CEEC
Author: 黄平刘作奎主编
Publisher: BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2018-08-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 7520319865

一带一路是新时期中国出台的全新战略倡议,它以促进中国与相关国家互联互通和经贸合作为主导,积极推进政策沟通、货币流通和民心相通。中国提出“一带一路”倡议后,在欧洲国家,尤其的在中东欧国家引起了多元的反响,欧盟机构也对“一带一路”倡议表示了一定的关注,并期待这一倡议能够与欧盟现有的多项投资对接。

The Politics of Knowledge

The Politics of Knowledge
Author: David L. Szanton
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2004-09-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780520245365

The usefulness and political implications of Area Studies programs are currently debated within the Academy and the Administration, where they are often treated as one homogenous and stagnant domain of scholarship. The essays in this volume document the various fields’ distinctive character and internal heterogeneity as well as the dynamism resulting from their evolving engagements with funders, US and international politics, and domestic constituencies. The authors were chosen for their long-standing interest in the intellectual evolution of their fields. They describe the origins and histories of US-based Area Studies programs, highlighting their complex, generative, and sometimes contentious relationships with the social science and humanities disciplines and their diverse contributions to the regions of the world with which they are concerned.