The book uses a range of S&T and structural indicators to analyse the transformation process, in particular the transformation of science, technology and industry, in the former communist countries. In-depth assessment of restructuring patterns in the region provides a good basis for an...

The paper examines the determinants of productivity growth in foreign manufacturing subsidiaries in five Central and East European (CEE) countries by analysing patterns of control, nature of firms' capabilities and firms' market orientations. Building on the so-called ‘subsidiary development'...

Ziel der Untersuchung ist es, anhand der sich verändernden Handelsstruktur der Staaten Mittel- und Osteuropas Erkenntnisse über Potential und Dynamik der Wirtschaftsentwicklung dieser Staaten zu gewinnen. Hierzu wird die Konzentration und Diversifikation des Außenhandels dieser...

The beneficial effects of innovation for firms' performance and competitiveness are well documented, but it has been suggested in recent years that innovation regimes differ between advanced and emerging economies. While advanced economies rely on knowledge generation, their emerging...