scholarly journals Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development in the New EU Member States: Environmental Aspects

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janina Witkowska
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Member States ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
New Eu Member States

The aim of this paper is to examine the potential impact of foreign investors' activities on the environment of the new European Union's Member States and discuss a role of a common environmental policy and member states' policies towards foreign investors. The analysis embraces three new EU countries, namely the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. The scope of the analysis are years 1997- 2007. The subject of the analysis is the sector and branch structure of FDI stock in the new EU Member States with special reference to FDI located in pollution-intensive industries which are selected according to the UNCTAD classification. Both the OECD and national data base of statistics is used to calculate the share of foreign investors' involvement in pollution-intensive activities in the new UE Member States. The research results show that as yet there has been no empirical evidence that FDI has a particularly negative impact on the natural environment in the new EU Member States.

scholarly journals Intra-EU Capital Movements: Ten Years Of Poland’s Experiences As An EU Member In The Global Context

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
Janina Witkowska
Keyword(s):  
Free Movement ◽  
Member States ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Polish Economy ◽  
Free Movement Of Capital ◽  
New Eu Member States ◽  
The Eu

The aim of this paper is to analyse and evaluate the consequences of the establishment of free movement of capital between Poland and the other EU Member States, from the perspective of ten years of Poland’s EU membership. Special attention is paid to the role of intra-EU foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into the Polish economy. The widening of the European Union (EU) in 2004 spurred massive and serious legal and economic adjustment processes in the new EU Member States. The free movement of capital is one part of the socalled ‘four freedoms’ within the single European market, and needed to be established in the relations between the EU-15 and new EU Member States. The new EU Member States were granted a relatively short period of time to make those adjustments. However, the establishment of the free movement of capital between Poland and the rest of the EU did not cause disturbances in its economy. In fact it stabilized some spheres of its economic and social life. The intra-EU FDI inflows may be seen as having facilitated the restructuring processes in the Polish economy. The role of foreign investors in employment and foreign trade is decisive for the stabilization of Poland’s economic situation. The involvement of foreign investors in innovation processes, although growing, has not radically changed Poland’s position in this field. According to the EU innovativeness rankings, Poland belongs to the rank of modest innovators.

Understanding Brand Website Positioning in the New EU Member States

2011 ◽  
pp. 1228-1248
Author(s):  
Shintaro Okazaki ◽  
Radoslav Škapa
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Similarity Ratings ◽  
New Eu Member States

This study examines Websites created by American multinational corporations (MNCs) in the Czech Republic. Utilizing a content analysis technique, we scrutinized (1) the type of brand Website functions, and (2) the similarity ratings between the home (US) sites and Czech sites. Implications are discussed from the Website standardization versus localization perspective.

scholarly journals The role of renewable energies in the new EU member states

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Natanya Meyer ◽  
Robert Magda ◽  
Norbert Bozsik
Keyword(s):  
Energy Production ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
New Eu Member States ◽  
The Eu

This article provides an overview of the structure and utilization of the new EU member states (EU-13) energy consumption. During the analysis, it was determined which non-renewable energy carriers were replaced by renewables ones. The replacement of energy sources with each other was analyzed by means of a correlation matrix. Results indicated that coal was replaced by renewable energies in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Cyprus. Furthermore, the renewables basically replaced oil in Malta and gas was replaced by renewables in Lithuania. In other countries the relation between renewables and non-renewables could not be detected. The structure of energy production in the EU countries were different due to the differences of natural endowments. The main goal of the European Union energy policy is to reduce the CO2 emission by decreasing the fossil fuel consumption and this finding new ways to replace traditional energy sources is of utmost importance.

Understanding Brand Website Positioning in the New EU Member States

2010 ◽  
pp. 193-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shintaro Okazaki ◽  
Radoslav Škapa
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Similarity Ratings ◽  
New Eu Member States

This study examines Websites created by American multinational corporations (MNCs) in the Czech Republic. Utilizing a content analysis technique, we scrutinized (1) the type of brand Website functions, and (2) the similarity ratings between the home (US) sites and Czech sites. Implications are discussed from the Website standardization versus localization perspective.

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