Competitiveness of CEE Economies and Businesses Multidisciplinary Pe
This book presents peer-reviewed, state-of-the-art conceptual and empirical papers devoted to changes in the international competitive position of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region, its countries and businesses. While the unprecedented sc
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Competitiveness of CEE Economies and Businesses
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Piotr Tra˛pczyn´ski • Łukasz Pus´lecki • Mirosław Jarosin´ski Editors
Competitiveness of CEE Economies and Businesses Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Challenges and Opportunities
Editors Piotr Tra˛pczyn´ski Poznan´ University of Economics and Business Poznan´ Poland
Łukasz Pus´lecki Poznan´ University of Economics and Business Poznan´ Poland
Mirosław Jarosin´ski SGH Warsaw School of Economics Warsaw Poland Reviewed by Arnold Schuh, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
ISBN 978-3-319-39653-8 ISBN 978-3-319-39654-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39654-5
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Foreword
The discussion of competitiveness of the countries and firms in Central and Eastern Europe is a timely issue. In the last 25 years since the fall of the Iron Curtain, these former socialist countries have undergone a fundamental and remarkable transformation of their economies and societies. They have reached 50–80 % of the EU average in GDP per head and are growing 1–2.5 percentage points faster again than the EU average today. This successful economic development was based on a quick economic and political integration into the EU including access to EU regional funds and the Single Market as well as major internal efforts to adapt the institutional framework, modernise and privatise former state-owned firms, liberalise access to markets and foster entrepreneurship. Strong capital, technology and knowledge transfer via foreign direct investments from the West to CEE and the integration of CEE firms into Europe
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