In the past decades, the notion of differentiated subsidiary roles within multinational network corporations has inspired a considerable amount of research. Surprisingly, the question of whether headquarters and subsidiary managers perceive a certain subsidiary’s role in the same way has been...

Die Unternehmensbewertung in Emerging Markets stellt aufgrund höherer Risiken und Unsicherheiten eine große Herausforderung dar. Edith Hofbauer analysiert die Eignung der einzelnen Bewertungsverfahren und legt den Fokus auf die Ermittlung der Eigenkapitalkosten. Sie geht aus theoretischer und...

“This book offers valuable insights into the characteristics of digital startups, their growth processes, and the challenges confronted by their founders. Agnieszka Skala shares her comprehensive knowledge as a long-term researcher of the digital startup community in Poland, and other European...

Exploring the competitiveness and profitability of the agricultural sector in Central Europe, this book argues that the successful management of agricultural enterprises is inconceivable without the knowledge and application of modern forms of management and technology. Organised in an...

The recent financial and political crises in the world sent severe shocks through emerging economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Although these crises are regrettable events that caused so much suffering to so many people, we must embrace the...

This book provides an assessment of the evolution and dynamics of regional innovation systems (RISs) and the economic and social impact of resulting knowledge spillovers, presenting comparative case studies on the regions of several Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries (Czech Republic,...

This book explains how and why the state-socialist regime in Hungary used technology and propaganda to foster industrialization and the conservation of natural resources simultaneously. Further, this book explains why this process was ultimately a failure. By exploring the environmental...

In light of demographic change and the growing problems of traditional old-age security systems, this book discusses two essential instruments in connection with privately providing for old-age security: (1) savings in private pension schemes and (2) building up equity for home-ownership....

As the role of the multinational enterprise (MNE) in the economic development of countries grows, a focus on how MNEs influence the process of regulatory and legislative structures has developed among scholars of international political economy. Yusaf H. Akbar draws a conceptual link between the...