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Category: Economy & Trade
“The Paradox of Weakness in European Trade Policy: Contestation and Resilience in CETA and TTIP Negotiations”, Dirk De Bièvre (IAI, Italy)
The International Spectator, 53:3 Over the last decade, trade negotiations with Canada and the United States met with considerable resistance […]
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“Dictionnaire d’économie politique : Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoir”, Colin Hay, Andy Smith (SCPEE, France)
L’économie est fondamentalement politique, la politique ne peut se comprendre sans l’analyse économique. Le postulat de l’interdépendance entre ces deux […]
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“How to boost productivity in the EU”, Klaus Weyerstrass (IHS, Austria)
Advances in total factor productivity (TFP) are important for sustaining economic growth in modern economies, in particular in the face […]
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“Portugal versus Spain: an Iberian economic saga”, Sebastián Puig, Ángel Sánchez (Elcano, Spain)
Spain and Portugal have been the focus of international attention due to their respective economic recoveries in recent years, coming from […]
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“Emigrants from the Western Balkans: the region’ s money sacks?”, Iris Koleša (CIR, Slovenia)
A new book titled ‘Diaspora Networks in International Business: Perspectives for Understanding and Managing Diaspora Business and Resources’ has been […]
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“Positioning Central and Eastern Europe for Chinese investors? Qualitative characteristics of Chinese investments in CEE”, Ágnes Szunomár (IWE, Hungary)
The change of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries from centrally planned to market economy resulted in increasing flows of […]
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TEPSA Brief “Tackling Roma youth unemployment in Romania: the role of Youth Guarantee Programme”, Catalina Meirosu
TEPSA is happy to present its TEPSA Brief on “Tackling Roma youth unemployment in Romania: the role of Youth Guarantee Programme“, written […]
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“Industry 4.0 and capability development in manufacturing subsidiaries”, Andrea Szalavetz (IWE, Hungary)
This paper investigates whether advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) can modify the patterns of upgrading in manufacturing subsidiaries operating in FDI […]
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“A Soviet project tempts Europe…again”, John Szabó (IWE, Hungary)
All eyes were on the 2018 NATO summit, as President Trump was poised to wreak havoc during his time in […]
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“Revision of EU-Turkey customs union in the light of trade relations throughout history”, Ceran Arslan Olcay (IWE, Hungary)
The acceleration of Globalization, with the decrease in the costs of information, communication and transportation, changed the nature of the […]
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“Wise Cities in the Mediterranean? Challenges of Urban Sustainability”, Eckart Woertz (ed.) (CIDOB, Spain)
Cities are home to over half the world’s population, consume a majority of its resources and cause a large share […]
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“Target 2030: illicit financial flows”, Alex Cobham (Elcano, Spain)
Target 16.4 in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030) is a global commitment to reduce the level of illicit […]
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“Worrying labour market tendencies in the European Union”, Annamaria Artner, Krisztina Sőreg (IWE, Hungary)
In: ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN AFFAIRS18:(1) pp. 71-92. (2018) Read it here
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“Trade wars and conflict of perceptions”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Spain was ranked 11th out of 110 countries in the 2017 Elcano Global Presence Index, which measures the results of […]
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“Quit kicking the can down the road: a Spanish view of EMU reforms” (Elcano, Spain)
This document written by Spanish economists offers some recommendations towards a stronger architecture for the euro through deeper fiscal, financial […]
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“Outward foreign direct investment by Russian MNEs: focus on home-country push factors, Europe and five CEE countries”, Csaba Weiner (IWE, Hungary)
In: Baltic Rim Economies 15:(2) pp. 42-43.(2018) Read it here
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“Independence of central banks after the crisis – focus on Hungary”, Lisa Coiffard (IWE, Hungary)
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“Energy Union: Europe’s New Liberal Mercantilism?”, Csaba Weiner: Svein S. Andersen, Andreas Goldthau and Nick Sitter (eds.) (IWE, Hungary)
(International Political Economy Series) Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017, 253 p. ISBN 978-1-137-59105-0 In: SOCIETY AND ECONOMY40:(2) pp. 315-327. (2018) Read […]
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TEPSA Brief “State aid regulation post-Brexit: Why a state aid control mechanism is likely to be included in a future EU-UK trade agreement”, Laurence Bielen
TEPSA is happy to present its first TEPSA Brief on “State aid regulation post-Brexit: Why a state aid control mechanism is […]
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“The changing Chinese economic model: an opportunity for Spanish companies”, Adrián Blanco Estévez (Elcano, Spain)
This analysis focuses on China’s changing economic growth model and the important new business opportunities this change is generating for […]
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“Bank and Fintechs – Healthy Cooperation or Dangerous Liaisons?”, Ádám Kerény, Júlia Molnár, János Müller (IWE, Hungary)
in: Economy&Finance, Issue 1, March 2018, pp. 86-97 Read it here
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“In the antechamber of a multi-front trade war”, Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)
The US president, Donald J. Trump, has extended the deadline given to the European Union (EU) by one month, until […]
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“Should Europe limit Chinese investment?”, Mario Esteban (Elcano, Spain)
Why would such a European mechanism to supervise investment be necessary at this time? The main reason is the extraordinary […]
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“The Economic Agenda between Brazil and the EU: Prospects for a Bilateral and Global Up-grading”, Anna Ayuso, Susanne Gratius (IAI, Italy)
IAI Papers, 18:08, April 2018. Brazil is still the European Union’s largest economic partner in Latin America, despite Europe’s trade […]
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“Trade without Trump: The Way Forward, a European Perspective”, Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (IAI, Italy)
IAI Commentaries, 18:29, May 2018. President Donald J. Trump’s protectionist measures are not new to US politics. Previous presidents have […]
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“Reforming the European Monetary Union: The Challenge of Reconciling Risk Sharing with Market Discipline”, Nicola Bilotta (IAI, Italy)
IAI Commentaries, 18:25, April 2018 The economic crisis has underscored the need to reform institutions charged with regulating the financial […]
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TEPSA Brief: “Fighting land grabbing and promoting local development through trade policies”, Alessandra Moroni
TEPSA is happy two present a new policy brief on “Fighting land grabbing and promoting local development through trade policies“ written […]
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“Eurozone Stabilisation Fund Revisited”, Mark Nevin (Federal Trust, UK)
Unprecedented financial and political upheaval have reshaped the institutional and geo-political landscape of both the Eurozone and the EU over […]
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“The post-neoliberal US economy: the new active role of the state is necessary”, Miron Wolnicki, Ryszard Piasecki (CIFE)
In the past 75 years the world was either influenced by, competing with or learning from U.S. corporations. This is […]
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“Challenges in CEE and Baltic post-socialist EU member states”, Ádám Kerényi (IWE, Hungary)
Presentation for “Challenges in national and international economic policies” 3rd Central European PhD Workshop on Economic Policy and Crisis Management Doctoral School […]
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“Fintech is the new normal? Challenges in national and international economic policies”, Ádám Kerényi (IWE, Hungary)
Presentation for the 3rdCentralEuropean PhD Workshop on Economic Policy and Crisis Management at Doctoral School in Economics, University of Szeged, Hungary Download […]
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“Elites, Economy and Society”, COUSIN, Bruno, KHAN, Shamus, MEARS, Ashley (eds.) (SciencesPo-CNRS, France)
in: Socio-Economic Review.19 avril 2018, vol 16, n° 2. 233 p. In this introductory essay to our special issue on elites, […]
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“Debt mutualisation, inflation and populism in the Eurozone”, Alfredo Arahuetes García, Gonzalo Gómez Bengoechea (Elcano, Spain)
Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI) This paper looks at the various scenarios for debt mutualisation in the Eurozone […]
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“Spain’s main listed companies notch up record revenues abroad”, William Chislett (Elcano, Spain)
Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI) The companies that comprise the Ibex 35, the benchmark index of the Madrid […]
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“From policy to populism: Donald Trump’s trade policy in global context”, Richard Higgott (Elcano, Spain)
Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI) An open multilateral trade system is under direct challenge from the policies of […]
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“Portugal’s economic prospects: was the political miracle responsible for the economic miracle?”, Luís Teles Morais (Elcano, Spain)
Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI) This paper looks at recent developments in the Portuguese economy from the troika […]
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TEPSA Brief: “Conditionality 2.0: an improved legal framework to protect sustainable development through EU Free Trade Agreements”, Romain Laugier
TEPSA is happy two present a new policy brief on “Conditionality 2.0: An improved legal framework to protect sustainable development […]
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“Revisiting NIEO, and the related problems in the North-East-South policies of the 1970s”, Mihály Simai (IWE, Hungary)
(Within the IWE CERS HAS series ‘Challenges’) Read more here
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“A Semi-automatic Method to Retrieve Twitter Accounts. Statistics, Politics and Policy”, Florence Nocca, février 2018 (SciencePo, France)
Although Twitter has become a major source of data, research still relies on heavy manual searches to find the accounts […]
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“Market-based but state-led: The role of public development banks in shaping market-based finance in the European Union. Competition and Change”, Daniel MERTENS et Matthias THIEMANN, février 2018, (SciencePo, France)
This paper examines the European Union’s strategy of governing the economy through financial markets by focusing on the largely unacknowledged […]
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“Brexit means Br(EEA)xit – The UK withdrawal from the EU and its implications for the EEA”, Christophe Hillion (NUPI, Norway)
Because it extends the Single Market to the three EFTA States Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, the Agreement on the European […]
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“Tariffs: Trump´s three ploys”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Blog The Trump Administration´s announcement of import duties on steel and aluminium may trigger a spiral that leads to a trade […]
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“What you need to know about Trump´s trade war”, Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Expert Comments If with more delay than expected, the aggressive and protectionist Trump has finally moved into action. The US is unilaterally […]
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“The world economy in 2018”, Federico Steinberg, José Pablo Martínez (Elcano, Spain)
The world economy seems to be rebounding definitively from the Great Recession, but many and varied risks still threaten consolidation […]
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IWE Working Papers: “Managing energy supply security and gas diversification in Hungary – Putting theory into practice”, Csaba Weiner (IWE, Hungary)
For a long time, gas has been the fuel that Hungary is particularly sensitive to in terms of security of […]
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“EU trade policy towards neighbours: experiences and perspectives” Sakariya Yayincili (IWE, Hungary)
(eds.): The EU effect. Perspectives on the EU from Central and Eastern Europe. Sakariya Yayincilik. Sakarya (Turkey) 2017. (ISBN: 978-605-4229-80-2), pp. […]
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“Trade and investment in Central Europe: the lessons of transition for post-socialist Southeast Asia” Ágnes Orosz- Ágnes Szunomár (IWE, Hungary)
In: Bolesta, Andrzej (ed.): Post-Communist Development: Europe’s Experiences, Asia’s Challenges. Warsaw: Collegium Civitas Press, 2017. pp. 101-132. Read it here
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TEPSA Brief: “How to make TSD chapters more effective?”, Verena Füller
TEPSA is happy two present a new policy brief on “How to make TSD chapters more effective?“ written by Verena Füller […]
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Big states, big business, troubled societies, Andrés Ortega (Elcano Spain)
in Elcano Blog, 30 January 2018 Shop window, megaphone and venue for discreet meetings: Davos is all these things. The main […]
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A year of Trump and trade policy, Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)
in Experts Comments, 1 February 2018 Trump protectionist’s measures in the arena of trade have been taken as a vital challenge […]
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Spain’s continuing export boom, William Chislett (Elcano, Spain)
in Experts Comments, 21 February 2018 Spain’s exporting prowess continued in 2017 when sales of goods abroad increased for the eighth […]
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Chinese investment in Spain: open for business, but not at any price, Mario Esteban, Miguel Otero-Iglesias (Elcano, Spain)
in Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), 6 February 2018 Reluctance to Chinese investments in Spain may grow if its […]
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International expansion of Russian multinationals – A focus on home-country push factors, Europe and five CEE countries, Csaba Weiner (IWE, Hungary)
in: IWE Working Papers, December 2017 Read it here
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Driving forces behind the international expansion strategies of Chinese MNEs, Ágnes Szunomár (IWE, Hungary)
in: IWE Working Papers, December 2017 Read it here
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South Africa – A re-emerging player in outward FDI, Judit Kiss (IWE, Hungary)
in: IWE Working Papers, November 2017 Read it here
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Understanding and Correctly Addressing Globalization, András Inotai (IWE, Hungary)
In: Case News online Read it here
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“Foreign investors on Slovenian business environment: Research results of the 2017 survey among companies with foreign equity”, Andreja Jaklič, Iris Koleša and Matija Rojec, December 2017 (CIR, Slovenia)
For the past 10 years Centre of International Relations (CIR) has been conducting an annual survey among firms with foreign […]
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“Global presence is neither good, nor bad”, Iliana Olivé, December 2017(Elcano, Spain)
It is assumed that is a good thing for countries to be ranked in the top positions of “Elcano Global […]
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“Spain in the world: an analysis of the Elcano Global Presence Index 2016”, Iliana Olivé, Manuel García and María Dolores Gomariz, December 2017(Elcano, Spain)
Incorporating the latest data from 2016, Spain received a total global presence index value of 204.1. As a result, Spain […]
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The Joint Africa-EU strategy, Nicoletta Pirozzi, Nicoló Sartori and Bernardo Venturi (European Parliament)
TEPSA has recently coordinated a publication for the European Parliament’s Subcommittee the European Parliament’s Committee on Development (DEVE) on The […]
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“Economic Relations between China and Central and Eastern Europe: Trade and Investment Issues”, Ágnes Szunomár, Agnieszka Mccaleb, Xin Chen (IWE, Hungary)
In Weiqing Song (ed), China’s Relations with Central and Eastern Europe – From “Old Comrades” to New Partners, Oxford, United Kingdom: Routledge, pp. […]
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“Harsh expectations versus a modest reality – Economic relations between the Visegrad countries and Russia surrounding the Ukrainian crisis.”, András Deák, Csaba Weiner, Simona Blašková, Barbora Chrzová, Dušan Fischer, Jonáš Syrovátka, Jakub Tomášek, Ernest Wyciszkiewicz (IWE, Hungary)
Prague Security Studies Institute, Prague. (2017) With the beginning of the millennium, the Visegrad countries – the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary […]
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Background report: “Public Debate with Thomas Westphal, Director General for EU Affairs at the German Federal Ministry of Finance” (IEP, Berlin)
The Public Debate with Thomas Westphal, Director General for EU Affairs at the German Federal Ministry of Finance, on the […]
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“GEPS No 06/17: Stability and growth in the Eurozone – who plays the main role?”Sabine Lautenschläger, (IEP, Berlin)
The IEP Lunch Debate on the topic “Stability and growth in the Eurozone – who plays the main role?” was […]
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A time of general distrust, Andrés Ortega (Elcano Institute)
Distrust permeates our societies: distrust in governments, in parliaments, in the news media, and even corporations have lost ground in […]
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The United Kingdom is Spain’s major global partner, Iliana Olivié, (Elcano Institute)
With an index value of 204.1 points, Spain ranks 12th (out of 100 countries) in the latest edition of Elcano […]
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The Coming Crisis, Colin Hay et Tom Hunt dir. (Sciences Po, France)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. 125 p. (Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy). This book provides a timely warning of […]
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The Trade Policy of the European Union, Sieglinde Gstöhl & Dirk De Bièvre (CoE, Bruges)
Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. The European Union is the world’s largest trading entity and donor of official development aid, and […]
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Trumponomics, Baechler, Laurent (CIFE)
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Innovative practices of Croatian trade unions: is there sufficient ground for optimism?, H. Butković (IRMO, Croatia)
In Magdalena Bernaciak and Marta Kahancová (eds.) Innovative union practices in Central-Eastern Europe. Brussels: European Trade Union Institute. This chapter […]
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Good news: synchronized global economic acceleration, Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)
Expert Comments, October 2017 After several years of the global economy growing at an increasingly slower rate, most countries –including […]
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The conundrum of Spain’s recovering economy and stubbornly high unemployment, William Chislett (Elcano, Spain)
Analyses by Elcano Royal Institute (ARI), September 2017 The economy has recovered from a deep crisis and is growing at […]
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Emerging multinational enterprises from East and Southeast Asia in V4 countries and Slovenia, Katalin Völgyi (IWE, Hungary)
in: IWE Working Papers, October 2017 Read it here.
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Turkish investments abroad, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe, Tamás Szigetvári (IWE, Hungary)
in: IWE Working Papers, October 2017 Read it here.
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Industry 4.0 in ‘factory economies’, Andrea Szalavetz (IWE, Hungary)
In: Béla Galgóczi and Jan Drahokoupil (eds.): Condemned to be left behind ? Can Central and Eastern Europe emerge […]
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The Impact of the Fintech Phenomenon – Radical Change Occurs in the Financial Sector?, Ádám Kerényi, Júlia Molnár (IWE, Hungary)
In: Financial and Economic Review, Vol. 16, Issue 3, pp. 32-50, September (2017) Read it here.
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Spain and Asia: harnessing trade, soft power and the EU in the Asia-Pacific Century, Ramón Pacheco Pardo (Elcano, Spain)
Since the first framework plan for the Asia-Pacific region in 2000, three Asia-Pacific plans have established Madrid’s strategic stance. Spain’s […]
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The 8% leap in the Philippines: rebalancing partnerships and leading Asian growth, Ricardo G. Barcelona & Bernardo M. Villegas (Elcano, Spain)
The Philippines continues to confound its critics. Prognoses of ‘political crises’ sinking the economy have become unfulfilled expectations. European diplomacy’s […]
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Brazilian companies going global (working paper no. 231), Judit Ricz (IWE, Hungary)
Recently we have seen a fundamental shift in the news regarding Brazilian multinational companies: as long as during the 2000s […]
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Different interpretations of the automotive industry and its role in three semi-peripheral regions of the EU (working paper no. 230), Gábor Túry (IWE, Hungary)
The paper investigates the role of the automotive industry in the Baltic, Visegrád and Iberian region, summarizing the relevant literature. […]
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Impacts of the Crisis on the FDI-Led Development Model in Hungary: Emergence of Economic Patriotism or Shift from the Competition State to Patronage? Miklós Szanyi (IWE, Hungary)
The 2008–2009 crisis generated much criticism concerning the efficacy of policies favouring global markets and multinational business. Economic patriotism became […]
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Impact of Global Companies’ Real Options Implementation on Their Hungarian Subsidiaries, Andrea Szalavetz (IWE, Hungary)
This paper analyzes the crisis-driven organizational reconfiguration actions in global companies, the timing of investments/divestments and their impact on Hungarian […]
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Trade between Indonesia and Hungary – Mutual Interests, Geographical limitations, Judit Kiss (IWE, hungary)
Economic and trade relations between geographically distant countries are always difficult to be strengthened. High level diplomatic and economic meetings, […]
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Interorganisational Network Management for Successful Business Internationalisation, Iris Koleša & Andreja Jaklič (CIR, Slovenia)
Iris Koleša and Andreja Jaklič, members of the Centre of International Relations, Slovenia, published a scientific paper on the role […]
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Research of European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy: Disciplinary Boundaries and Beyond, Marko Lovec & Emil Erjavec (CIR, Slovenia)
Marko Lovec together with Emil Erjavec published an article on the Research of European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy: Disciplinary Boundaries and […]
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Labour rights in GSP+ beneficiary countries with a focus on Export Processing Zones, Benjamin Richardson, James Harrison and Liam Campling (European Parliament)
TEPSA has recently coordinated a publication for the European Parliament’s Subcommittee the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) on Labour rights […]
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Energy once again in the spotlight: New forms of Russian investment presence in Hungary, Csaba Weiner (IWE, Hungary)
The author, Csaba Weiner, joins the latest trend of focusing on Russian attempts at developing their political but also economic […]
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Export Promotion Aims and Reality: A Comparison of the Iberian, Baltic and Central European Region; Andrea Éltető and Katalin Antalóczy (IWE, Hungary)
The authors of this research paper, Andrea Éltető and Katalin Antalóczy, propose an explanation of the differences between the aims […]
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The Potential Advantages and Synergies of an EU-Turkey Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation; Ágota Dávid and Tamás Szigetvári (IWE, Hungary)
In this research paper, Ágota Dávid and Tamás Szigetvári analyse the benefits of cooperation between the European Union and Turkey in the […]
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Industrial relations in Croatia and impacts of digitalization on the labor market, V. Samardžija, H. Butković and I. Skazlić (IRMO, Croatia)
This book is a result of research activities carried out in Croatia within the project ‘Industrial relations in Central and […]
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European Politeia 1 2016 (EKEME-EPLO, Greece)
This edition of the journal focuses both on the Statehood of the EU as well as on the impact of […]
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Global Spain: the country’s economic, military and soft presence, William Chislett (Elcano, Spain)
Almost 500 years since Juan Sebastián Elcano completed the first circumnavigation of the world and a vast empire was created, […]
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Elcano Global Presence Report 2017 (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Global Presence Index is a synthetic index that orders, quantifies, and aggregates the external projection of different countries. […]
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Trade liberalization at a crossroads: The US and China play key roles, Tuuli Koivu (FIIA, Finland)
The overall developments in world trade have been weak since the financial crisis, but the increasing protectionism accounts for only […]
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Export as a form of SME-internationalisation after the crisis – experiences of three European regions, Andrea Éltető (IWE, Hungary)
European small and medium-sized enterprises were severely hit by the international crisis of 2008 and export activity – as a […]
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FDI promotion of the Visegrád countries in the era of global value chains, Andrea Éltető and Katalin Antalóczy (IWE, Hungary)
Investments (FDI) have become more connected to the global value chains (GVCs) in the past decated. As known, the Visegrád […]
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Conference report: Les enjeux européens dans la présidentielle française, comptes-rendus (Sciences Po)
Les Cahiers européens de Sciences Po: cycle de conférences “Les enjeux européens dans la présidentielle française”, comptes-rendus L’Europe d’aujourd’hui est […]
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Enjeux et défis du TAFTA, Jean-Claude Vérez (CIFE)
Le Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) ou encore Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) entre l’Union européenne (UE) et les […]
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Algeria: reform before demands turn revolutionary, Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck (Elcano, Spain)
In a context of social and economic distress, Algeria is no longer able to maintain its current approach to the welfare state while […]
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