Facilitating Transition by Internationalization: Outward Direct Investment from Central European Economies in Transition

by Rojec,Matija

• ISBN13: 9780754631330
• ISBN10: 0754631338
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A pioneering work on outward investment by transition economies, this book is the first in the world to present a more systematic analysis of the internationalisation of firms from transition economies, based on results of the two ACE projects: Outward internationalisation facilitating transformation and EU Accession; The case of Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia and Networking Through OFDI including also Poland and Estonia.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	xi
List of Boxes	xv
List of Contributors	xvii
Foreword - Sanjaya Lali	xix
Acknowledgements	xxiii
List of Abbreviations	xxv
Introduction - Marjan Svetlicic and Matija Rojec	xxvii
PARTI: CONTEXTUAL AND THEMATIC ASPECTS
1. Theoretical Context of Outward Foreign Direct Investment from Transition Economies	3	(14)
Marjan Svetlicic
2. Investment Development Path of Small Economies: Comparative Evaluation of Austria and Slovenia	17	(12)
Marjan Svetlicic and Christian Bellak
3. Outward Foreign Direct Investment by Portuguese Companies: Relevance and Lessons for Transition	29	(20)
Vitor Corado Simóes
4. Outward FDI by Transition Economies: Basic Features, Trends and Development Implications	49	(28)
Marjan Svetlicic and Andreja Jaklic
5. Service Sector Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Exploiting the Advantages in the Region	77	(14)
Metka Stare
6. Direct versus Indirect Foreign Investment from Transition Economies: Is There a Difference in Parent Company/Home Country Impact?	91	(20)
Wilfried Altzinger, Christian Bellak, Andreja Jaklic and Matija Rojec
PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES OF OUTWARD FBI
7. Internationalization of Czech Companies via Outward Investment	111	(22)
Marie Bohata and Alena Zemplinerova
8. The Role of Outward Foreign Direct Investments in the Internationalization of Estonian Firms	133	(22)
Urmas Varblane, Ele Reiljan and Tónu Roolaht
9. Outward Foreign Direct Investment from Hungary: Trends, Motivations and Effects	155	(20)
Andrea Eltetó and Katalin Antalóczy
10. Outward Foreign Direct Investments from Poland	175	(30)
Dariusz Rosati and Witold Wilinski
11. Slovenian Outward Foreign Direct Investment	205	(22)
Andreja Jaklic
12. The Mirror Image: The Austrian Host Country Perspective	227	(16)
Wilfried Altzinger Christian Bellak and Rudolf Duris
13. Conclusions, Policy Suggestions and Future Perspectives	243	(8)
Marjan Svetlicic
Bibliography	251	(14)
Name Index	265	(4)
Subject Index	269