Specifics of International Business Competitiveness in Visegrad Countries – Qualitative Analysis of Selected Case Studies

Bartha, Zoltán and S. Gubik, Andrea (2014): Specifics of International Business Competitiveness in Visegrad Countries – Qualitative Analysis of Selected Case Studies. Published in:

Abstract

The chapter offers an institutional approach to the issue of international business competitiveness. It is assumed that the micro-level, business-oriented factors of competitiveness are influenced by macro-level and institutional factors. These institutional factors can be analysed with the FOI model developed at the University of Miskolc by the Institute of Economic Theory.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: FOI model, Visegrad countries, institutional factors
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook > E61 - Policy Objectives ; Policy Designs and Consistency ; Policy Coordination; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O21 - Planning Models ; Planning Policy; P - Economic Systems > P5 - Comparative Economic Systems > P52 - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies

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