Increased outward foreign direct investment from post-socialist countries indicated the emergence of indigenous multinational companies. Nevertheless, we do not have a clear picture about the real extent of outward FDI realised by indigenous firms, as balance of payments contain data on outward...

Purpose: This paper aims to trace the performance consequences of within-lead firm reconfigurations of global value chains with respect to business performance and upgrading. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on two detailed company case studies which are analysed in an...

Relocation is a way of reducing costs, thus increasing competitiveness, by splitting production and services between countries. The main argument kindling the relocation debate suggests that moving abroad generates job losses in the home country, while production and job gains appear only in the...

The global structural shift towards service-based foreign direct investment (FDI) across the world is a relatively recent phenomenon resulting from the increased tradability of services. Although India and Ireland have traditionally been viewed as the main receiver countries, the Central and...

Competitive and innovative Hungarian SMEs in the medical precision instruments sector can be characterised by continuous development, special knowledge and innovation activity. These are the main factors behind their high level of competitiveness and higher than average level of...