For decades regional growth patterns in Austria have shown a distinct west-east divide as a result of its geopolitical position along the "Iron Curtain". After the opening of Eastern Europe, there was an improvement in regional dynamics in the immediate vicinity of the border, but no fundamental...

Austria's service trade with the CEECs is still hampered by high trade barriers. The EU's eastern enlargement should thus produce substantial integrative effects especially in the tertiary sector. In view of the competitive advantages enjoyed by Austria, particularly with regard to complex...

Over the 1995–1999 programming period, Austria will receive a total of ECU 1,623 billion from the EU structural funds, of which 42 percent is explicitly designed for regional policy purposes. The list agreed upon of regions qualifying for subsidies and other support is well-targeted in that...

Differences between economic sectors in the current trade regime and in terms of competitiveness should lead to markedly divergent effects that EU enlargement will have on the Austrian secondary and tertiary sectors. In both of these sectors, industries prevail that have positive or at least...

The effects of the EU enlargement will not be spread evenly across all regions in Austria: this assessment is the outcome of an analysis of sectoral structures and regional location factors. Using a range of approaches to (regional) growth theory, regional development determinants were derived...

The Austrian "structure-performance paradox" describes the ambiguous observation of high overall economic performance on the one hand, but a considerable lock in to "old" industrial structures on the other. Compared to other high-income countries, Austria is characterised by an almost unique low...

Compared with other industrialized countries, Austria exhibits a substantial "technology gap" in foreign trade that is revealed in a low share of high-technology products in manufacturing exports and in low unit values. The resulting deficit in foreign trade with high-technology products totaled...

In addition to the ongoing processes of growth and change within existing enterprises, the entry of new firms is a major driving force of the continuous regeneration of an economic location's technological, managerial and entrepreneurial resources. This paper provides an up-to-date survey of the...

The economic crisis has had a negative effect on the state of the public budgets. Consolidation measures and the slow recovery of the economy will continue to influence the budget until 2014. However, an increase in public spending on innovation and education is possible in principle, despite...