This article briefly assesses the “venture capital friendliness” of four Central European tax/legal jurisdictions (Poland, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak Republics) following their European Union (EU) accession – in May 2004. It is noteworthy that, notwithstanding the heated debate on tax...

Corporate longevity is – in essence – determined by a company's intrinsic competitive advantage (sometimes dubbed a “moat”) as well as exogenous factors: from business doing ease – to broader, macroeconomic and strategic factors.In this study, we have endeavoured to compare the...

Corporate longevity is - in essence - determined by a company's intrinsic competitive advantage (sometimes dubbed a "moat") as well as exogenous factors: from business doing ease - to broader, macroeconomic and strategic factors. In this study, we have endeavoured to compare the business...