Search Results - subject_exact:"Visegrad-Länder"

From crisis to crisis : assessment of financial performance of SMEs in the healthcare sector in Visegrad Countries

Dunay, Anna; Pataki, László; Illés, Csaba Bálint; … - 2026

The living standards of the population in Visegrad Countries (V4) have long been below the EU and OECD averages, and the increase of negative impacts and crisis phenomena may be detected in their health systems, too. Our study examines the similarities and differences of the SMEs of healthcare...

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Mapping firm debt and productivity with spatial analysis in the Visegrad countries

Reider-Pesti, Beáta; Suta, Alex; Tóth, Árpád - 2026

Economic crises significantly restrict corporate access to external financing, and regional differences in recovery capacity deserve close attention. This study examines the financial structure and debt of large enterprises in the Visegrád Four (V4) countries (Hungary, Czechia, Poland,...

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Four paths from a single crossroads : supporting the innovation development in the Visegrad Group

Klímová, Viktorie; Gašparíková, Romana; Žítek, … - 2026

This study examines how the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia support innovation in business within EU cohesion policy. Although these countries share a similar pre‑1989 history, they differ in their economic development and in how they implement cohesion policy. Existing studies...

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Sustainability of the printing industry of the Visegrad Group countries : economic, ecological and technological perspectives in the era of Industry 5.0

Sol'avová, Monika; Bolek, Vladimír - 2026

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Fiscal and monetary dominance in the Visegrad Group : evidence from regime heterogeneity

Salimi, Sara; Tatay, Tibor; Kazinczy, Eszter; Amini, Mehran - 2026

Although coordinating fiscal and monetary policy is essential for stabilizing small and globally exposed economies, researchers frequently oversimplify by treating the Visegrad Group (V4) as a uniform entity. This study investigates whether the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia are...

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Humanitarian aid and empowerment of Ukrainian refugees : the case of Visegrad Group countries: Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia

2025

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Business efficiency : insights from Visegrad Four before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Durana, Pavol; Kovalova, Erika; Blazek, Roman; … - 2025

Efficiency is one of the tenets in assessing the financial health of an enterprise. Ultimately, the form of asset management has a major impact on growth but also on the decline of profit. It also reveals how the enterprises are positioned within the competitive market environment. For this...

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Food processing industries in Visegrad countries in global value chains (1995-2018)

Zdráhal, Ivo; Fannin, J. Matthew - 2025

The aim of the article is to evaluate the position in global value chains (GVCs) of food processing industries in the Visegrad countries (V4; Poland, Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia) between 1995 and 2018. To identify the intensity and forms of integration in GVC of these industries in each country...

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Factors of regional destribution of EU support to NGOs projects in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Johanesová, Lucia - 2025

The EU provides technical and legislative support for creating good conditions for civil society organizations and funding opportunities for this sector within countries. A significant contribution is visible in the CEE countries, mainly in the states of the Visegrad group, that are the most...

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Same revolutions, different development : socio-economic indicators of non-governmental organization's localization in V4 countries in Europe

Johanesová, Lucia - 2025

Revolutions in 1989' and later reforms in V4 countries started development of civil society, however, historical context, attitudes and characteristics of transition economies differ among these countries. The aim of this research is to analyse socio-economic characteristics and explain patterns...

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FED vs ECB : which matters most for Visegrad economies? : evidence from a Bayesian VAR model

Junicke, Monika; Merella, Vincenzo - 2025

We use a Bayesian VAR with economically interpretable structural restrictions and zero restrictions on lags, to analyse the transmission channels of external shocks to an extended set of Central European markets. In particular, we study to what extent monetary policy shocks originating from the...

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Identification and direction of changes in work-life balance dimensions in Visegrad Group countries

Domagalska-Grędys, Marta; Sagan, Adam; Piecuch, Katarzyna - 2025

Objective: The article aimed to identify the dimensions and trajectories of work-life balance (WLB) across the Visegrad Group (V4) countries (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary) during the period 2008- 2022. We posed two research questions: which factors are most responsible for...

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Modelling the asymmetric relationship between energy and CO₂ emissions in the Visegrad group : empirical evidence from a panel NARDL approach

Suproń, Błażej - 2025

The study aims to understand the impact of renewable energy consumption, non-renewable energy consumption, and economic growth on carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per capita (measured in metric tonnes) in the Visegrad countries between 1991 and 2021. Using a Nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed...

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Analysis of the standard of living in connection with the OECD countries economic conditions

Gonos, Jaroslav; Culkova, Katarina; Tomkova, Anna; … - 2025

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Climate change mitigation in Visegrad countries

Štreimikienė, Dalia; Kyriakopoulos, Grigorios L. - 2025

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Short-run and long-run determinants of inflation dynamics in the Visegrád countries

Kjosevski, Jordan - 2025

This study investigates inflation dynamics in the Visegrád countries - specifically, Poland, Hungary, Czechia, and Slovakia - by using the Mean Group estimator for 2000-2023. Results show a strong long-run link between the wage growth and inflation, as a rising purchasing power fuels...

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Inclusive green finance : as an approach of developing a comprehensive indicator for BRICS and other emerging economies

Novák, Zsuzsanna; Fáth, Gábor; Ge, Chenhe; Kumar, Pawan - 2025

While a large body of literature has provided evidence on how financial development can contribute to the increase in well-being and, more recently, to the quality of the environment, it remains under researched how emerging markets' performance can be assessed in the two fields simultaneously....

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Fiscal (un)sustainability in practice : local government finance in Visegrad economies

Uryszek, Tomasz; Kłysik-Uryszek, Agnieszka - 2025

The objective of this study is to evaluate the fiscal sustainability of Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Visegrad Group economies (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia; the V4), focusing on three key hypotheses: (1) LGUs in the V4 are involved in so-called Ponzi games; (2) the adverse...

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The green economy for a sustainable future : experience from the Visegrad group countries

Klimko, Roman - 2025

The objective of this paper is to identify the significance of the green economy for a sustainable future and compare the situation and developments in achieving the European Green Deal (EGD) in the Visegrad Group (V4) countries. To achieve this objective, the paper focuses on the challenges,...

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Sustainable human resource management : a mixed-method analysis of the research field focusing on the visegrad countries

Piwowar-Sulej, Katarzyna - 2025

Purpose - I aimed to analyze and synthesize the literature on sustainable HRM and its sub-concepts, such as green HRM and socially responsible HRM, with the focus on research conducted in the Visegrad Group (V4) countries. I posed the following research questions: (1) What are the main...

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Entrepreneurial orientation in the age of artificial intelligence : a study of SMEs in the Visegrad chemical sector

Hruby, Vojtech - 2025

This study explores the relationships among Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO), artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, and internationalisation strategies, and their influence on the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Focusing on the Visegrad chemical sector, the research...

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Country perspectives : the journey of the Visegrad Group

2025

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Energy poverty : between the energy crisis and ETS2

Sklenář, Oldřich; Dokupilová, Dušana; Tóth, … - 2025

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30 years of the Visegrad Group

2025

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Analysis of seasonal patterns in the performance of fuel markets in the visegrad group

Krawiec, Monika; Górska, Anna - 2024

The objective of the paper is to examine seasonal patterns in the performance of fuel markets in the Visegrad Group (V4) countries (i.e., the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia). Unlike numerous papers that investigate global oil markets, this study focuses on regional retail fuel...

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Navigating globotics at the semi-periphery : public management and governance shifts in the Visegrád Group under globalisation and technological change

2025

"The book focuses on the economic and political challenges posed by concurrent processes of globalisation and rapid technological change for public management and policy-making in the Visegrad countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia). Empirical work based on 90 interviews and a close...

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Women on management board and firm performance : evidence from the Visegrad Group countries

Bukalska, Elżbieta; Sosnowski, Tomasz; … - 2024

Objective: The findings of previous research on women serving on company boards have been inconclusive, with some demonstrating a positive influence of women on company performance while others indicate a lack of impact. While certain theories advocate for the appointment of women to the board,...

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Problems of contemporary democracies in the V4

2025

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The state of family business research in the Visegrád countries

Filep, Judit Csákné; Martyniuk, Olga Anna; … - 2024

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Sustainability and people in international management : 21st century challenges

Volfová, Jitka - 2025

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Remarks on the location theories of startups : a case study on the Visegrad countries

Kézai, Petra Kinga; Skala, Agnieszka - 2024

Startups, understood as new forms of innovative and fast-growth ventures, are emerging in traditional industries, creating intense competition and displacing former leaders. Our study focuses on location theory embedded in institutional and resource context and its application to startups in the...

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Modeling tax revenue determinants : the case of Visegrad Group countries

Đurović Todorović, Jadranka; Đorđević, Marina; … - 2024

This article provides panel data estimations of the tax revenue determinants in VG (Visegrad Group) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) for the period 1994-2023. The aim of this research was to determine how the macroeconomic determinants affect the tax revenues in the...

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20 Jahre nach der EU-Erweiterung : Visegrád-Länder haben weiterhin einen Vorteil bei der Kostenwettbewerbsfähigkeit : Zeitgespräch

Schröder, Christoph; Seele, Stefanie - 2024

Twenty years after the EU accession of the Visegrád countries-- Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary - we analyse their development of unit labour costs and of the labour share in manufacturing for the years 1995 to 2023. Firstly, the labour shares in the Visegrád countries have...

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Restoring Ukraine : parallels between Visegrad Group and East Germany in the 90s

Puzikova, Valentyna - 2024

Ukraine's post-conflict economy needs new opportunities to grow because it has not been able to rebuild itself economically. As we live in an era of globalization, it is crucial that national economies - especially Ukraine's - meet the demands of the international community. With its...

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The impact of innovation on business development : the example of moderate innovators and the Visegrad Group countries

Jabłońska, Małgorzata - 2024

The paper analyzes the relationship between innovation dimensions, according to the European Innovation Scoreboard, and the entrepreneurship rate in a group of moderate innovator countries. Using the Pearson linear correlation, the author conducted a data analysis based on an empirical study...

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From zero to hero? : Chinese investment in electric vehicle supply chains in the Visegrád Four

Szunomár, Ágnes - 2024

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Evaluating the impact of renewable energy policy instruments on capacity expansion : insights from the Visegrad group countries

Kurmanalina, Aigul; Saiymova, Meiramkul; Bolatova, Botakoz - 2024

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Comparative assessment of climate-responsible tourism destinations in Visegrad countries

Štreimikienė, Dalia - 2024

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Business strategies, bureaucratic ties, and firms' innovation novelty : insights from the World Bank enterprise survey

Odei, Samuel Amponsah; Soukal, Ivan - 2024

We draw intuitions from the systemic perspective of innovation to develop and test a conceptual model aimed at examining the various factors capable of infuencing the novelty of innovations within frms in Visegrad countries. The empirical results based on the analyses of about 2,132 frms...

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Development of circular economy in the Visegrad Group of countries

Streimikis, Justas; Ślusarczyk, Beata; … - 2024

The circular economy is important in implementing EU Green Deal targets, climate change mitigation commitments, and pursuing sustainable development. A circular economy allows the reduction of waste and environmental damages linked to waste to save natural resources and mitigate climate change....

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Determinants of Industry 4.0 readiness in the manufacturing of the V4 economies

Molendowski, Edward; Nawracaj-Grygiel, Kinga; Ulbrych, Marta - 2024

The article presents the results of research aimed at identifying the determinants of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness in manufacturing and assessing the relevant progress made by the Visegrad Group (V4; i.e. the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) countries between 2011 and 2021. The...

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The labour market situation of population groups in the Visegrád countries

Arendt, Łukasz; Kucharski, Leszek; Kukulak-Dolata, Iwona; … - 2024

The paper presents the results of an analysis of selected population groups in the labour markets of the Visegrád Group (V4) countries (i.e., Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) from 2015 to 2020. The study assesses the relative situation of these groups, taking into account the skill...

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Examination of content types and social media engagement indicators on facebook : case analysis of 5-star hotels of Visegrad Group countries

Nastisin, Ludovit; Fedorko, Richard; Gavurova, Beata; … - 2024

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Towards a greener Visegrád group : progress and challenges in the context of the European Green Deal

Riepl, Tobias; Zavarská, Zuzana - 2023

The European Green Deal, which aims to steer the EU towards climate neutrality, has traditionally been met with a degree of reluctance by the Visegrád countries. The convergence to green targets represents a particular challenge for these economies, given their fossil fuel-intensive industrial...

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