The Technological Role of Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Central East Europe [electronic resource] /
Stephan, J.author.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) assumed a prominent role in Central East Europe (CEE) early on in the transition process. Foreign investors were assigned the task of restructuring markets, providing capital and knowledge for investment in technologically outdated and financially ailing firms.
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""Cover""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Figures""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction                     ""; ""1.1 Motivation of the topic                                  ""; ""1.2 Setting the research agenda: the technological aspect of the â€?developmental role of inward manufacturing FDIâ€?                                                                                                                        ""; ""1.3 Conceptual framework for the analysis                                                ""
""1.4 Empirical evidence of inward FDI into Central East Europe                                                                    """"1.5 Structure of the book                                ""; ""2 The Database Used in the Empirical Analysis                                                    ""; ""2.1 The development of the IWH FDI Micro Database                                                        ""; ""2.2 The basic population for the IWH FDI Micro Database                                                              ""
""2.3 Survey sampling and implementation                                             """"2.4 Survey representativeness of the two IWH FDI Micro Database waves                                                                            ""; ""2.5 Survey questionnaires                                ""; ""3 Foreign Direct Investment Motives and the Match with Locational Conditions in Central East Europe                                                                                                          ""
""3.1 Current state of the art in research                                               """"3.2 The data used for the analysis                                         ""; ""3.3 Strategic motives of foreign investors investing in Central East Europe                                                                                  ""; ""3.4 Summary of main results                                  ""
""4 Conditions of Internal Technology Transfer and Spillovers between Foreign Investors and Foreign Affiliates in Central East Europe                                                                                                                                          """"4.1 The current state of the art in research                                                   ""; ""4.2 The â€?role in the networkâ€? and absorptive capacity: a two-dimensional concept                                                                                       ""
""4.3 The data used for the analysis                                         ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) assumed a prominent role in Central East Europe (CEE) early on in the transition process. Foreign investors were assigned the task of restructuring markets, providing capital and knowledge for investment in technologically outdated and financially ailing firms.
Regional economics.
Macroeconomics.
Microeconomics.
Investment banking.
Securities.
Development economics.
International economics.
Regional/Spatial Science.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Microeconomics.
Investments and Securities.
Development Economics.
International Economics.