Multinationals in Central and Eastern Europe: A Case Study of International Expansion by a Slovenian Retailer

2008 ◽  
pp. 137-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateja Vodlan ◽  
Irena Vida
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
International Expansion

Merger regulation in Central and Eastern Europe: Evidence from Hungary, Romania and Slovenia

2002 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kravtseniouk
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Merger Control ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
Economic Competition ◽  
Close Link ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Domestic Markets ◽  
Study Methodology

This paper shows the principal features of merger control in selected transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), namely Hungary, Romania and Slovenia, by applying case study methodology. The presented findings are based on the analysis of Hungarian, Romanian and Slovenian competition law and merger rulings reached by the Competition Offices of these countries. A substantial part of the conclusions is drawn from a sample of 42 merger applications processed by the Office of Economic Competition of Hungary between 1994 and 2000. The results of empirical analysis demonstrate the considerable flexibility of merger control in the studied countries, its orientation towards the future of domestic markets and a close link with industrial policy. The paper also highlights the areas of interdependence of competition policy and transition and argues that merger control in the studied CEE countries may be regarded as currently adequate to the requirements imposed by transition.

Values and Significance: A case study uncovering the search for meaning among young people in Central and Eastern Europe

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-63
Author(s):  
Sarah Dunlop
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Search For Meaning ◽  
Traditional Church ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Uk

This paper will present a few of the results of qualitative, case study research conducted among students in six cities in Central and Eastern Europe. It will describe the use of images in interviews and how this enabled digging beyond cultural, customary religious belief to uncover a search for ultimate meaning and spirituality. A summary of the findings regarding the emerging values of the young people and their descriptions of what is significant to them in life will be related to Savage, Collins-Mayo and Mayo's research conducted in the UK, specifically to their theories of formative and transformative spirituality and the happy midi-narrative. The tension between a young person's actual situation and their dream about their ideal life will be discussed in terms of the research findings regarding the students' use of celebrity images in their living space. The young people's values, as they emerged from the research, will be contrasted with the values and practices of churches in this region, as seen through the young people's perceptions of traditional church and as articulated by local church leaders. The paper will include a short analysis of the current religious situation in former Soviet countries in light of the finding of the research..

Dynamika regionálních inovačních systémů ve střední a východní Evropě

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soňa Raszková
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Regional Innovation Systems ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Favorable Conditions ◽  
Cluster Activity ◽  
High Cluster

This article examines regional innovation systems in Central and Eastern Europe, with particular attention to the regions with the highest innovation success. The articles also include a discussion of the presence of elements and dynamic of regional innovation systems in these countries. The Innovation performance of regions in Central and Eastern Europe is analyzed and selected progressive regions are further examined in terms of partial innovation and socio-economic indicators. Data on regions were obtained from the Regional Innovation Scoreboard 201at the NUTS II level. Detailed analysis is possible through a case study of the Malopolskie region. The analysis focuses primarily on the causes of the region's innovative progress, including the setting of favorable conditions for SMEs and the associated high cluster activity, the commercialization of research and the dissemination of external knowledge. On the basis of the overall analysis, RIS in Central and Eastern Europe are far below RIS in Western and Northern Europe and their results are very low compared to these regions.

scholarly journals Public Policy during COVID-19: Challenges for Public Administration and Policy Research in Central and Eastern Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
Juraj Nemec ◽  
Wolfgang Drechsler ◽  
Gyorgy Hajnal
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Short Article ◽  
Country Case Study ◽  
Questions And Answers

AbstractThe authors of this text decided to prepare a short article, with the aim to induce further discussion and to orient ongoing and future research efforts in Central and Eastern Europe but also worldwide. The article uses the method of a multi-country case study as the basis for proposing several critical research (and policy) challenges for our region – but many of them of a world-wide character. Four countries are covered by our thumbnail informative sketches – the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and the Slovak Republic. The final part of this article proposes a set of questions suggested by the CEE experience with COVID-19 for future research. Such research will both be necessary and interesting for scholarship and policy in the region, and – as a particularly interesting context and area – helpful, one hopes, for questions and answers globally, concerning the pandemic, as well as public administration and policy as a whole.

scholarly journals Strip-Till One-Pass Technology in Central and Eastern Europe: A MZURI Pro-Til Hybrid Machine Case Study

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Jaskulska ◽  
Dariusz Jaskulski
Keyword(s):  
Soil Properties ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Plant Emergence

The non-inversion tillage systems, including strip-till (ST), are the key element of conservation agriculture (CA). The aim of the 2012–2018 study has been to demonstrate the application of strip-till one-pass technology (ST-OP) on the farms of Central and Eastern Europe based on the use of Mzuri Pro-Til machines. There has also been an evaluation of the effect of that technology on the soil properties and the effects of crops growing. The scientific observations and field experiments were made, e.g., in Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Eastern states of Germany, Belarus, Serbia, and Romania. ST-OP case study with the use of Mzuri Pro-Til machine can be applied for growing all the basic crops. Tillage with a simultaneous basic fertilization application and seeding made regularly for a few years in given field leads to favorable changes in the soil properties. As compared with the soil under conventional plough tillage (CT), the soil moisture, especially in the periods of rainfall deficit, the content of organic carbon and its fraction, the count of microorganisms and earthworms, as well as the enzymatic activity, are higher. This technology saves over 20–30 L ha−1 of fuel, respectively, compared to reduced tillage (RT) and CT. Plant emergence is uniform, dense canopies and crop yields—not lower and even higher than for tillage and seeding commonly applied in Central and Eastern Europe. ST-OP can be thus an important element of field plant production as part of CA and sustainable development.

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