After more than 15 years of transition, some of CIS countries face serious problems on their labour markets, in spite of significant economic growth in recent years, with weak job creation, employment contraction, decreasing activity rates, high unemployment, declining industries and labour...

This study analyses the role and impact of higher education on per capita economic growth in the Former Soviet Bloc. It attempts to estimate the significance of educational levels for initiating substantial economic growth that now takes place in these two countries. This study estimates a...

Since the introduction of the euro in January 1999, exchange rate stability in the periphery of the euro area is growing. The paper investigates the impact of exchange rate stability on growth for a sample of 41 mostly small open economies in the EMU periphery. It identifies international trade,...

Competitive Information Systems (CIS) are information systems which help acompany to obtain and sustain a competitive edge. Before any such CIS can beimplemented, the idea for it has to be formulated. The paper describes a way tosystematically stimulate ideas by asking questions. It discusses...

The paper analyzes the initial output decline in transition economies by estimating a cross-section model stressing two major factors - conflicts and the legacies of the Soviet period. We link the Soviet legacies in place at the outset of the transition to the subsequent path for the development...

The identification of main drivers behind the post-Soviet integration processes has been one of the great academic challenges for the region's experts. This article seeks to go beyond the existing literature by introducing a new analytical approach based on “big data” and social network...

The former Soviet Union (FSU) was composed of 15 republics which were very unevenly endowed with human, physical and natural resources. To contain regional imbalances within the Union and to integrate all republics into a tight and centrally commanded division of labour, the central government...