Cooperation of the Enterprises in East European Countries and EU: Adjustment Problems

Dimitrov, Mitko (2004): Cooperation of the Enterprises in East European Countries and EU: Adjustment Problems. Published in: Russia and Countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Mutually Re-Opening Our Markets (2004): pp. 194-200.

Abstract

Here some estimates obtained from a survey of the possibilities for regional and cross-border cooperation within four Balkan countries are presented. Mainly small and medium enterprises (SME) from Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania (53 to 63 questionnaires) and Greece (121 questionnaires) were surveyed. Enterprises, which already have or have no business relations with neighbour countries, were examined. This is made in order to identity more accurately the barriers for regional cooperation, including those insurmountable for the enterprises cooperation. Main results and conclusions from the study and the recommendations to the policy makers are presented.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: cooperation, enterprises, EU, East Europe
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy > L53 - Enterprise Policy; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O57 - Comparative Studies of Countries; P - Economic Systems > P2 - Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies > P25 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics

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