Scientific interest in studying the problems of the transformation of economic systems remains high more than ten years after the revolutionary changes in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). At the same time, transformation theory has revealed several problems that are not possible to solve using...

The process of economic transformation brought dramatic changes to Russia's society and economy. The disappointing economic results of the first decade of transformation, which brought macroeconomic instability and increasing poverty and inequality, are often understood as results of Russia's...

When in November 2001, the leaders of the Southeast Asian and Northeast Asian states met for the “ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) plus three (China, Japan and Korea),” President Kim Dae-Jung of South Korea proposed the exploration for an East Asian Free Trade Area (EAFTA) and...

While the German manufacturing industry is internationally renowned and often seen as the backbone of German economic development, it has encountered some obstacles in the past few years. These obstacles are related with the emergence of new competitors, the shifts of economic activity in Europe...