The configuration of industrial enterprises in Romania, in terms of numbers and structure, in relation to their characteristics, mirrors the Romanian economy and society at large, in their chronological development. Marked by the changes in the technological and economic paradigm, by the...

The paper is based on the data of surveys conducted among the managers of industrial enterprises. These surveys have been conducted by the IET according to the European harmonized methodology on a monthly basis since September 1992 and encompass the whole territory of the Russian Federation. The...

There has been a growing concern of developing industrial clusters in developed nations and emerging economies in the past two decades to strengthen economic growth and development. The concept of properly organised industrial clusters has not yet been heavily implemented in developing nations,...

In the course of monthly surveys which have been carried out by the Institute for Economic Policy since 1992, Russian industrial enterprises are asked to identify factors which curb output growth. Insufficient domestic demand has been a major problem for the industry since the period of the...

Lately, as the U.S.-China trade war has developed into a scramble for market dominance in the fourth industrial revolution, China’s development of new industries associated with fourth industrial revolution technologies is gaining more attention. China has already reached globally-competitive...

Following the financial crisis in 2008 and the drop in commodity prices, the performance of firms in the manufacturing industry continues to worsen. The data released by Statistics South Africa in 2016 alludes to poor performance by firms and the manufacturing sector's continual decline to...

Die vorliegende Studie wurde im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie erstellt und im Oktober 2006 abgeschlossen. Gegenstand der Studie ist die Untersuchung des Globalisierungs- und Anpassungsprozesses sowie seiner Ergebnisse in Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien,...