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KEY ISSUES 2014 marked the tenth anniversary of accession to the EU of the first group of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The first NMS Policy Forum was launched in the fall of 2014 as a platform for discussing policy frameworks and issues relevant for non-euro area NMS. It brought together representatives of the six CEE countries that are EU members but are not yet in the euro area - Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania (NMS-6), as well as the ECB, the European Commission and the IMF. Discussions focused on four themes: Euro adoption: A once sizeable c

Contents: The internationalization process, Marin Alexandrov Marinov. Internationalization of National Economies: Economic restructuring and internationalization of Slovenia, Yoji Koyama; Internationalization through outward foreign direct investment: the case of Slovenia, Marjan Svetlicic and Andreja Trtnik; Internationalization of post-communist economy opportunities and threats: the case of Poland, Marian Gorynia; Internationalization of the Albanian economy through foreign investments: the Italian case, Donata Vianelli, Patrizia de Luca and Ronald Kajca. Internationalization of Economic Sectors: Internationalization of the Estonian economy: foreign direct investment and banking, Mart Sõrg, Mait Miljan and Hans Künka; The internationalization of grocery retailing in Poland after 1989, John A. Dawson and John S. Henley. Internationalization of Companies: Local expansion processes of Dutch firms in Central and Eastern Europe, Rian H.J. Drogendijk; Internationalization of interbrew in Eastern Europe: a case study, Marin Alexandrov Marinov and Svetla Trifonova Marinova; Subject index; Name index.

A study of the political events of 1924 in Central and Eastern Europe reveals such a variety of topics lending themselves to extensive treatment that for convenience of treatment, the material has been grouped under the four main heads of (1) financial reconstruction, (2) constitutional, legislative, and administrative developments, (3) parties and politics, and (4) foreign relations.

Diese Arbeit hat zum Ziel, marktunterstützende institutionelle Reformen im Transformationsprozess zu analysieren. Als Einstieg in die Thematik wird die Aufnahme mittel- und osteuropäischer Länder in die Europäische Union mit der zurückliegenden Süderweiterung der Europäischen Gemeinschaft verglichen. Die folgenden Kapitel befassen sich mit der Bedeutung weicher Budgetbeschränkungen in Transformationsökonomien. Zunächst werden anhand von Daten bulgarischer und rumänischer Unternehmen theoretische Erklärungsansätze für weiche Budgetbeschränkungen getestet. Im anschließenden Teil wird analysiert, ob Handelskredite einen Teil der normalen Geschäftspraxis darstellen oder ob Handelskredite starke Handelsverflechtungen zwischen Unternehmen unterstützen und damit die Wahrscheinlichkeit von weichen Budgetbeschränkungen erhöhen können. Im empirischen Teil werden Daten aus Ungarn und Rumänien verwendet, die aus Unternehmensbefragungen stammen. Im letzten Kapitel wird die Unternehmensebene verlassen und mit makroökonomischen Daten gearbeitet. Ziel ist es hier, den Einfluss institutioneller Reformen auf das Wirtschaftswachstum zu testen. ; Main objective of this work is to analyse market-supporting institutional reforms in the transition process. In the first part of the dissertation, the upcoming enlargement of the European Union towards the east is compared with the earlier southern enlargement. Research in the following chapters is devoted to the problem of soft budget constraints in transition countries. Firstly, theories on the causes of soft budget constraints are empirically tested. Therefore a panel data set consisting of company account data for Bulgarian and Romanian firms is used. Secondly, firm-level survey data from Hungary and Romania is used to test whether trade credits are just part of normal business practice or whether trade credits are representing a systematic phenomenon supporting soft budget constraints of firms in transition. Thirdly, macroeconomic data is utilised to illustrate the impact of implementing institutional change on economic performance.

Bibliography at end of each part. ; Mode of access: Internet.

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe, covering all the countries of the region that have joined the EU since 2004, including Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe, covering all the countries of the region that have joined the EU since 2004, including Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria

Cover -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I Central and Eastern Europe Reexamined: The 'CEE Forum' -- Introduction -- References -- The (First) Ten Years of the CEE-Forum: Timeline, Data and Assessment -- 1 Introductory remarks -- 2 Timeline: an academic journey from 2009 to 2018 -- 2.1 2009 - The birth of an idea and the first CEE Forum -- 2.2 2010 - The conference goes to Budapest -- 2.3 2011 - The formation of the settled 'CEE-Forum format': conference, yearbook, and online presence -- 2.4 2018 - The tenth birthday of the CEE-Forum in Timi ș oara -- 3 Some basic data on the CEE-Forum -- 3.1 Geographical expansion -- 3.2 Participants and presentation -- 3.3 The CEE-Forum Yearbook -- 4 General assessment -- 5 Conclusion -- Part II Constitutional Identities: Theoretical Frameworks -- In Quest of Democratic Values and Identities in Central European Constitutionalism: on the Post-1989 Histories and Politics in the Czech Republic 1 -- From 1918 to 1989, our main threats were external, first Germany and then the Soviet Union, but today the biggest danger seems to come from within. Do we have the strength needed to defend our democracy? -- So you would say that value pluralism is not relativism, as we sometimes hear. Can you expand on that? In what circumstances could we talk about relativism? -- But how do you want pluralistic democracies to defend themselves against totalitarian ideologies when people are clamouring ever more insistently for simple solutions in a globalised and bewildering world? -- Democracy is a culture that defines the framework of what is acceptable, but the protracted absence of a political elite and two totalitarian regimes heave meant that this tradition of high culture is lacking in our country ….

Following the constitutional and political reforms in Central and Eastern Europe of the last decade, the time has now come for the whole-scale reform of public administration and the creation of a professional civil service. What is needed is a clear sense of the objectives to be achieved by the administration; and the provision of adequate resources to perform the tasks of public administration. In addition, and perhaps most importantly of all, there must be a sound legal basis for public administration. Recognizing these realities, this book examines administrative law and administrative institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. In a series of case studies, discussing each country in the region in turn, it looks at the ways in which a range of administrative decisions are reached and at how the citizens affected by them are treated. The material for each of the fourteen chapters was collected by a person or persons native to the respective country