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The Technological Role of Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Central East Europe

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Johannes Stephan

    1. Department for Industrial Organisation and Regulation Economics, Halle Institute for Economic Research, Germany
      Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

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Part of the book series: Studies in Economic Transition (SET)

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) assumed a prominent role in Central East Europe (CEE) early on in the transition process. Foreign investors were assigned the task of restructuring markets, providing capital and knowledge for investment in technologically outdated and financially ailing firms.

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Johannes Stephan
    Pages 1-34

  3. The Database Used in the Empirical Analysis

    • Johannes Stephan
    Pages 35-44

  4. Foreign Direct Investment Motives and the Match with Locational Conditions in Central East Europe

    • Johannes Stephan
    Pages 45-67

  5. Conditions of Internal Technology Transfer and Spillovers between Foreign Investors and Foreign Affiliates in Central East Europe

    • Johannes Stephan
    Pages 68-90

  6. Central and East European Innovation Systems as Knowledge Sources for Foreign Affiliates’ Own Technological Activity in CEE

    • Johannes Stephan
    Pages 91-144

  7. Foreign Affiliates as Knowledge Source for Host Regional Innovation Systems in CEE

    • Johannes Stephan
    Pages 145-176

  8. The Role of Intellectual Property Rights for Technology in FDI into CEE

    • Johannes Stephan
    Pages 177-214

  9. Conclusions on the Technological Role of FDI into CEE

    • Johannes Stephan
    Pages 215-232

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 233-299
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department for Industrial Organisation and Regulation Economics, Halle Institute for Economic Research, Germany

    Johannes Stephan

  • Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

    Johannes Stephan

About the author

Johannes Stephan has published in the field of International Business in a number of international journals. He is a
graduate from Freie Universität Berlin and received his PhD from Birmingham University in 1997. He worked at a blue chip research institute in Halle/Germany for 11 years. He is currently at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, where he moved to in 2012.

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