Foreign Direct Investment In Central And Eastern European Infrastructure

Author : Laurence Carter,Frank Sader,Pernille Holtedahl
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821338188

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Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern European Infrastructure by Laurence Carter,Frank Sader,Pernille Holtedahl Pdf

World Bank Technical Paper No. 332. Uses firm-level data to measure how the largest industrial firms in five Central and Eastern European countries restructured during 1992-94 and makes projections through 2000. Various measures of restructuring are used, including changes in export performance, factor productivity, profitability, and rate of return on capital. The study reveals which reform strategies have been the most effective in firm restructuring. Also available in Russian: Stock No. 13729 (ISBN 0-8213-3729-7).

Author : Svetla Trifonova Marinova,Marin Alexandrov Marinov
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026609987

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Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe by Svetla Trifonova Marinova,Marin Alexandrov Marinov Pdf

Covering a diverse range of countries such as Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Russia, as well as referring to the characteristics of the region as a whole, this book examines the inflow and outflow of foreign direct investment from both home and host company and country perspectives.By analyzing foreign direct investment in terms of process, content and context, the book provides a holist approach towards direct foreign investment in the transitional context of Central and Eastern Europe, embracing both macro- and micro-economic perspectives of the process.

Author : Klaus Liebscher
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847208798

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Foreign Direct Investment in Europe by Klaus Liebscher Pdf

This book provides authoritative academic and professional insights into the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on home and host countries. It highlights global trends and patterns, and explores related policy challenges all with a special focus on the countries in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The book cuts through the existing data fog by offering a wide range of up-to-date academic findings and institutional expertise. Those findings are rounded off with lessons to be learned from historical developments (Ireland s success story), an evaluation of current trends (the role of China) and an investment promotion agency policy for attracting sustainable investment (CzechInvest). Contributions made by central bank officials, institutional representatives, members of academia and professionals provide for a uniquely complementary view on FDI developments and their implications. At a time of big changes in the FDI landscape, this book offers both empirical and econometric evidence on foreign direct investment and will be of great interest to economists and other experts in the fields of economic policy and European integration from central, commercial and investment banks, governments, international organizations, universities and research institutes. The special focus on FDI will attract those interested in, or directly involved in tackling the challenges of attracting sustainable investment or investing successfully abroad.

Author : United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Investments, Foreign
ISBN : UCBK:C079775534

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Promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS by United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe Pdf

There are over 20 countries classified as transition economies. It is undeniable that a basic and essential challenge for all transition economies is still the attraction of investment and, in particular, long-term investment. The aim of this publication is to outline and discuss structure, strategies and aims of investment promotion, and to help already existing investment promotion agencies (IPAs) to define a more targeted and clearer direction of their work. The papers presented in the guide are intended to give an overview of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, the role of IPAs and the everyday problems these agencies face. This volume is part of a series on trade and investment guides to assist economies in transition, as well as economic actors in other countries, to become familiar with best practices in the areas of trade, investment and related legal and commercial practices.

Author : Yuko Kinoshita
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781455263400

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Sectoral Composition of Foreign Direct Investment and External Vulnerability in Eastern Europe by Yuko Kinoshita Pdf

In the run up to the global crisis, countries in Central Eastern and Southeastern Europe attracted large capital inflows and some of them built up large external imbalances. This paper investigates whether these imbalances are linked to the sectoral composition of FDI. It shows that FDI in the tradable sectors leads to an improvement of the external balance. We also find that the countries with large market size, good infrastructure, greater trade integration, and educated labor force are more likely to receive more FDI in the tradable sectors.

Author : Jan Angenendt
Publisher : Diplomica Verlag
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783842858961

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Foreign Direct Investment in Central Europe and Differences in Transition Between Post-communist Central European Economies by Jan Angenendt Pdf

The transition process from a centrally planned to a market economy followed a very different path in East Germany compared to all other former communist countries. The German Democratic Republic acceded the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990, while other former socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) had to start from square one after becoming independent from the USSR. In contrast to other post-soviet countries, East Germany subsequently received massive transfers from the Western part of the country. A significant part of these transfers was invested into infrastructure improvement, while a larger share was spent for consumption, raising the purchasing power in the East of Germany, allowing it to sustain a higher wage level and living standard than would have been economically possible without aid from the West. Twenty years after the breakdown of the iron curtain and the reunification of Germany, the infrastructure in the Eastern part of the country is en par with the West. The East German wage level remains only slightly lower than the Western level (as does productivity), but is significantly higher than in neighbouring post-communist CEE-countries. Because of these differences in economic transition, it can be expected that East Germany attracts a different kind of foreign direct investment compared to other CEE-countries. The objective of this dissertation is to empirically identify the factors affecting foreign direct investment into the region and to discuss the implications of the empirical findings for regional and national economic policy. The "region" is represented in this book by East Germany and three of its Central-European neighbour-countries, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary.

Author : Jan Drahokoupil
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134037209

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Globalization and the State in Central and Eastern Europe by Jan Drahokoupil Pdf

This book examines the transformation of the state in Central and Eastern Europe since the end of communism and adoption of market oriented reform in the early 1990s, exploring the impact of globalization and economic liberalization on the region’s states, societies and political economy. It compares the different policies and national strategies adopted by key Central and Eastern European states, including the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, showing how initial internally oriented strategies of market reform, privileging domestic sources of investment, had by the late 1990s given way to externally oriented strategies emphasising the promotion of competitiveness by attracting foreign investment. It explores the reasons behind this convergence, considering the influence of internal and external forces, and the roles of interests, institutions and ideas. It argues that internationalization of the state is forged in the processes through which domestic groups linked to transnational capital attain domestic influence necessary to shape state policy and strategy. These groups — the comprador service sector in particular — constitute and organize political, social and institutional support of the competition state in the region. Overall, this book not only provides a detailed account of the political economy of post-communist transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, but also the processes by which states adapt to the forces of globalization.

Author : David Turnock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351158107

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Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union by David Turnock Pdf

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.

Author : Patrick Artisien,Matija Rojec,Marjan Svetlicic
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1993-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1349226505

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Foreign Investment and Privatization in Eastern Europe by Patrick Artisien,Matija Rojec,Marjan Svetlicic Pdf

'Written in a clear and straightforward style, and well grounded in succinct and pertinent analysis...It will prove a boon to students and practitioners alike as moves proceed towards European integration.' - British Book News This volume identifies and analyses the extent to which the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are likely to attract inward foreign direct investment (FDI) to the turn of the century. Although these countries have been growing recipients of FDI, Western multinationals remain cautious and are slow to commit large investment sums. The book covers the contextual and thematic aspects of FDI as well as empirical country studies (including the Commonwealth of Independent States, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia) which address the legal environment for FDI, its magnitude and motives and industrial breakdown. The final section discusses the potential for closer economic and political integration in Europe.

Author : V. Balasubramanyam,S. Togan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780333978009

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Turkey and Central and Eastern European Countries in Transition by V. Balasubramanyam,S. Togan Pdf

This book offers a comparative study of the Central and Eastern European and Turkish economies that analyses the implications of EU enlargement. The contributors discuss issues related to the creation of a legal infrastructure that encourages entrepreneurial initiative, fair competition, market forces and investor confidence. They assess the benefits of following prudent monetary and fiscal policies together with appropriate competition, trade and foreign direct investment policies in Turkey and Central and Eastern Europe.

Author : Gábor Hunya
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1782542051

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Integration Through Foreign Direct Investment by Gábor Hunya Pdf

'This book. . . represents a very valuable contribution to the literature on the role of FDI in development in Central and Eastern Europe. It is therefore a must for both scholars and practitioners who are involved in foreign investment in economies in transition.' - Marjan Svetlicic, Transnational Corporations 'The book goes a long way toward understanding a host of key issues related to the emerging pattern of MNC-cum-host collaborative growth in Central and Eastern Europe.' - from the foreword by Terutomo Ozawa, Colorado State University, US 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.

Author : Saul Estrin,Kirsty Hughes,Sarah Todd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Investments, Foreign
ISBN : OCLC:36504198

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The Nature and Scope of Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe by Saul Estrin,Kirsty Hughes,Sarah Todd Pdf

Author : Béla Galgóczi,Jan Drahokoupil,Magdalena Bernaciak
Publisher : ETUI
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Europe, Eastern
ISBN : 9782874523908

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Foreign investment in eastern and southern Europe after 2008. by Béla Galgóczi,Jan Drahokoupil,Magdalena Bernaciak Pdf

This book investigates the role that foreign direct investment (FDI) in central-eastern and southern Europe has played in the post-crisis period, comparing patterns across countries and sectors. An overarching objective of this publication is to assess the extent to which FDI can still be seen as a key driver of economic development, modernisation and convergence for Europe’s low- and middle-income economies, taking into account also the risks and limiting factors associated with FDI.

Author : Peter J. Buckley,Pervez N. Ghauri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015032434535

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The Economics of Change in East and Central Europe by Peter J. Buckley,Pervez N. Ghauri Pdf

The developments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are providing a potentially huge new market for Western businesses. This book presents analytical insights into the workings of international business within this market by combining empirical and conceptual contributions.

Author : Alexander Repkine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Europe, Central
ISBN : UCSD:31822026122549

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European Trade and Foreign Direct Investment U-shaping Industrial Output in Central and Eastern Europe by Alexander Repkine Pdf