Romania's European Union accession in 2007 has resulted in a substantial reduction of the formal barriers to integration with the European Union Single Market. This study takes stock of the progress by benchmarking product market policies in Romania to those of European Union countries, as...

Romania identified competition as key to its effective economic development and is positioning the Competition Council to become more visible and effective. Improving Romania’s competitive environment will attract new firms, weed out inefficient ones, and enhance growth potential. An effective...

Survey data for 7,000 firms in 28 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia are used to examine the correlates of technology adoption proxied by ISO certification and web use. Complementary inputs such as skilled labor, managerial capacity, research and development, finance, and good...

The international diffusion of technology presents an opportunity for developing economies distant from the world technological frontier to reduce their income gap relative to advanced economies. It is therefore crucial to understand why, when faced with similar technological alternatives...

This paper aims to discuss the use of tax incentives for the promotion of business expenditures on Research and Development (RD). In the 1980s, only a few countries, including Canada, the United States and France, were implementing tax breaks for RD. By the 2000s, however, many countries from...

En cuanto al sector calzado se concluye que en la competitividad internacional del sector son relevantes factores sistémicos y, en particular, la articulación con las políticas públicas vinculadas a la capacitación y entrenamiento de la mano de obra, a la difusión de tecnología y de...

En cuanto al sector calzado se concluye que en la competitividad internacional del sector son relevantes factores sistémicos y, en particular, la articulación con las políticas públicas vinculadas a la capacitación y entrenamiento de la mano de obra, a la difusión de tecnología y de...

Many studies have shown that firm growth decreases monotonically with size and age. In this study, the authors investigate employment growth of firms in Turkey with an emphasis on small and medium size enterprises. In Turkey, small and medium size enterprises account for almost 77 percent of...