The article analyses Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU with a view to assess the importance of the rotating Presidency. By looking into four challenges facing Slovenian Presidency: the third cycle of the Lisbon strategy, third package for the market for gas and electricity, deepening in the field of financial regulation and engagement in Western Balkan, the article points to elements suggesting more permanent leadership structures (such as those introduced by the Lisbon Treaty) to ensure a more coherent and continuous development of the EU.
COBISS.SI-ID: 28563805
Central and East European Countries are important suppliers of computer and business services and potentially favourable location for outsourcing of these services from EU15. The exploitation of this potential depends not only on wage cost differentials between the two groups of countries but also on the availability of skilled workforce, geographical and cultural vicinity which could crucially influence the decision of EU firms regarding the selection of outsourcing location.
COBISS.SI-ID: 28734557
The article analyses the development of the discipline of International Relations (IR) in Slovenia. The article shows an enviable organisational internationalisation of Slovenian IR on the one hand, and a worrying lack of publication-related internationalisation on the other hand. It argues that the smallness of the Slovenian IR academic community, and policy expectations of the young Slovenian state, have affected the path towards institutionalisation and prevented the development of a Slovenian IR school. The development of Slovenian IR has been individual- and issue-driven.
COBISS.SI-ID: 28401245
The paper examines the determinants of productivity growth in foreign subsidiaries in Central and East European (CEE) countries by analysing patterns of control, nature of firms’ capabilities and firms’ market orientations. The analyses shows that productivity growth is determined jointly by corporate governance, production capability and market orientation variables. The subsidiaries have a relatively high level of autonomy in the control of their business functions. Majority foreign equity shareholding has a significant and positive impact on subsidiaries’ productivity growth.
COBISS.SI-ID: 512280188
The chapter reviews the existing evidence on the internationalization of the Slovenian economy.The first part of the chapter briefly outlines the scale and dynamics of industry integration of Slovenia into EU/global industrial networks through foreign trade, outward and inward processing trade (OPT), and subcontracting and FDI.The second part analyses the integration of the Slovenian car components industry into international industrial networks. The third part concentrates on the motivation and strategies of foreign investors in Slovenia and Slovenian investors abroad.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29123933