beteiligungen in Osteuropa, in: Informationen über multinationale Konzerne, Sondernummer: „5 Jahre
Ostoffnung“, pp.14-21
OECD (1994); Assessing Investment Opportunities in Economics in Transition, Paris.
OECD (1995); Foreign Direct Investment, Trade and Employment, Paris.
Petrakos, George (1996); The New Geography of the Balkans: Cross-Border Cooperation between
Albania, Bulgaria and Greece, University of Thessaly.
Pye, Robert K. (1997); Foreign Direct Investment in Central Europe - Results from a Survey of Major
Investors, Finance Working Paper A.97/1, City University, London.
Stankovsky, Jan (1995); Osterreichische Direktinvestitionen in Osteuropa, in: Europa 1996 -
Auswirkungen einer EU-Osterweiterung, Bundeskanzleramt, Schriftenreihe Europa, pp. 157-92
Stankovsky, Jan (1996a); Direktinvestitionen in Osteuropa: Osterreich auf dem Rückzug? in: WIFO-
Monatsberichte 5, 1996, pp.349-53
Stankovsky, Jan (1996b); The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Eastern Europe, in: Austrian
Economic Quarterly, 2/1996, pp.109-120
UNCTAD (1996); World Investment Report 1996, Geneva: United Nations Publications.
UNCTAD (1997); World Investment Report 1997, Geneva: United Nations Publications.
UN/ECE (1996); Economic and Social Council/Economic Commission for Europe/Commitee on the
Development of Trade, Statistical Survey of Recent Trends in Foreign Investment in Eastern European
Countries, 23/11/1996.
Vincentz, Volkhart (1995); Auswirkungen der wachsenden Arbeitsteilung zwischen Deutschland und
seinen ostlichen Nachbarn auf Arbeitsmarkt, Investitionen und Güterstrome, Osteuropa-Institut
München, Working Paper Nr. 188, München
1 For a rather different view see Lemoine, 1997.
2 However, we should keep in mind that for the host country supply-based investment would help to improve in
particular the balance of trade.
3 Yet it must be mentioned that only 34 Austrian enterprises have been contacted.
4 Export activities are by definition the share of total sales which is destined for exports.
5 In 1994 only Portugal showed a lower outward FDI-stock-GDP ratio than Austria.
6 Austria became a member of the EU on 1 January 1995.
7 Weighted by their nominal capital the share of OECD-countries within the group ‘Others’ is 98%. Hence for the
time being this group will be labeled as OECD group.
8 Hence Poland is not displayed separately in any figure or table.
1 This questionnaire was conducted by a research group at the University of Economics and Business Administration,
Vienna. The project team included Elisabeth Beer, Christian Bellak, Markus Konig, Renate Tolunay, Richard
Winklhofer and myself. I would like to thank all of them for their help and cooperation throughout the research
project.
1 Furthermore it was asked about 'market saturation at home' and about a ‘follow my competitor’ strategy. Both
motives can neither be attributed to the first nor to the second category. Therefore these motives will not be
discussed here.
2 We did not get enough responses from finance and insurance. However, this sector is certainly dependent on the
local market to a very large extent.
25
More intriguing information
1. KNOWLEDGE EVOLUTION2. PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON
3. CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTING AS INFORMATIONAL SYSTEM AND ASSISTANCE OF DECISION
4. Synchronisation and Differentiation: Two Stages of Coordinative Structure
5. Rent-Seeking in Noxious Weed Regulations: Evidence from US States
6. Workforce or Workfare?
7. THE WAEA -- WHICH NICHE IN THE PROFESSION?
8. Before and After the Hartz Reforms: The Performance of Active Labour Market Policy in Germany
9. Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
10. Forecasting Financial Crises and Contagion in Asia using Dynamic Factor Analysis