Anita Pelle

University of Szeged · Institute of Finance and International Economic Relations

Processes in the past decades have resulted in the segmentation of European industries into 'headquarter' and 'factory' economies, though these categories are not fully distinct. 'Headquarter' economies typically host the higher value added activities and service units while 'factory' economies are popular locations for lower segments of the value...

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has historically been a substantial location for manufacturing. The role of this sector is analysed chronologically from system transition to the mature EU membership of these countries. Manufacturing has continuously had an influential role though in varying ways. These economies have largely evolved into so-called...

The Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) literature has recently manifested a dynamic development. Among others, the member states of the European Union (EU) have been studied extensively from this viewpoint, and main capitalism models have been identified. Yet, the global financial and economic crisis and its aftermath in Europe have impacted the member...

Abstract Objective: The objective of the article is to reveal the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the businesses in the European automotive sector, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe. The further objective is to identify how these effects relate to the ongoing transformational megatrends in the sector (digitalisation, electrifi...

Európai integráció és a tudósok? Mi közük egymáshoz? Talán az uniós kutatás-fejlesztési támogatások – úgymint a Horizon 2020, 2021-től a Horizon Europe program, vagy a European Research Council grantjei – kötik őket össze? Széles körben mindenképp – azonban van a tudósoknak egy szűk csoportja, amely magát az európai integrációt kutatja: annak elmél...

A kelet-közép-európai országok szerepe az európai autóiparban meghatározó: hozzájárulnak az Európai Unió versenyképességéhez költségalapú előnyeik és viszonylag fejlett technológiai környezetük révén. Az utóbbi időben hogyan változtak a régió lokációs előnyei? Hogyan hathat a digitalizáció a lokációs és befektetési döntésekre az autóiparban? Az írá...

At the beginning of the 2020s, five of the 11 Central and Eastern European (CEE) European Union member states are members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Two more have recently entered its ‘waiting room’ (i.e. the ERM II); thus, four are still outside. We first review the paths and patterns among the 11 countries in respect of Eurozone me...

The European Union, as many times before, appears to be at a crossroads. During its multiple crises – in the areas of monetary cooperation, Brexit, immigration, leadership, legitimacy, populism, etc. – there seems to be a moment when important decisions have to be made. With regard to the international political economy of the Central and Eastern E...

Post-socialist transition, combined with Europeanization and resulting in EU membership for most of the Central and Eastern European countries was unprecedented in economic history. It has therefore been a steep learning curve for all stakeholders, including policymakers and academia, but also societies themselves. The countries concerned have perf...

Az elhúzódó európai válság során az Európai Központi Bank (EKB) szerepe is átalakult. Egyrészt válság idején, inflációs nyomás helyett deflációs veszéllyel szembesülve, a stabilitás biztosítása mást implikál, mint szokványos időkben. Másrészt tartósan nulla százalék körüli kamat mellett az eszköztárnak kevésbé bevált további elemeit kell bevetni...

Europe remains relevant in the global automotive industry. The Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries' role is influential: they contribute to European competitiveness through cost-based advantages in a fairly developed technological and business environment. How have the location advantages of CEE evolved and been affected by European integr...

A közös európai fizetőeszköz, az euró 1999 óta létezik, azonban több évtizednyi monetáris integráció és jogi-gazdasági-pénzügyi előkészületek előzték meg bevezetését. A monetáris unió első tíz éve sikeres volt, a második évtized nagyrészt globálisként indult, majd a valutaövezetre szűkült válság megoldásával telt. A kezdeti szakaszban ad hoc jelle...

The common European currency, the euro has existed since 1999; however, its introduction followed after decades of monetary integration and legal, economic and financial preparation. The first ten years of the monetary union were successful. The second decade was dominated by managing the crisis that was first global in character but then became li...

The EU can be regarded as a club where integration is the main club good. For decades, club convergence applied; however, currently there is insufficient level of convergence. The club theory approach becomes increasingly significant with Brexit and the remaining EU-27 heading towards a multi-speed Europe. Overall, the economy of the EU constructs...

Az európai integráció kezdetén a kitűzött célok eléréséhez szükséges szolidaritás adott volt, és erős társadalmi támogatást élvezett. Abban az időben azonban a maitól lényegesen eltérőek voltak a körülmények: kevesebb tagállam, kisebb belső különbségek, dinamikus gazdasági növekedés. Napjainkban nagyszámú tagállamnak kellene kijelölnie az integráci...

Regarding the issue of industrial policy in the 21st century, we are facing fundamental changes, including the servitisation of industry, the potential in upskilling and upgrading, the process of digital transformation, and the evolution of value webs and complex business ecosystems. In industry within the EU, we can identify internal differences:...

International Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning, 7(1) https://www.issbs.si/press/ISSN/2232-5697/7-1.pdf The role of knowledge in the process of value creation has been rather apparent for quite some time now. Nevertheless, its ever growing importance means that it is worth studying it in real-time and repeatedly. Paul M. Romer, one of...

Chapter 25 Services in the single European market in the twenty-first century The free movement of services is one of the four freedoms forming the basis of the European Union. Over time, the services sector has undergone major transformation. The changes have always been rooted in the sector itself, impacting the EU-level regulatory framework. In...

The free movement of persons has been one of the fundamental building blocks of European integration from the beginning. The economics behind it implies that greater efficiency can be achieved if besides goods and services, the factors of production (i.e. capital and labour) can also move freely across a common market. Nevertheless, this setup was...

Our research primarily aims at studying the competition and competitiveness in the EU internal market, both at the level of the EU and its member states. As the main tool of our analysis, we create three indicators based on the dataset and methodology of the World Economic Forum (WEF). These indicators are to measure the competitiveness of 1) the s...

Knowledge has become a crucial factor of production in the developed economies and, as humans are the carriers and utilisers of knowledge, skilled human resource is gaining similarly large relevance. These advancements are elements of the substantial changes that characterise the fourth industrial revolution – a phenomenon worth studying in detail....

Our research primarily aims at studying the competition and competitiveness in the EU internal market, both at the level of the EU and its member states. As the main tool of our analysis, we create three indicators based on the dataset and methodology of the World Economic Forum (WEF). These indicators are to measure the competitiveness of 1) the s...

The European Union is a powerful economic bloc accounting for 23.7% of the world's GDP in 2013, by which it slightly overpasses the global economic weight of the United States. Without doubt, the almost 60 years of economic integration, including the subsequent enlargements, has profoundly contributed to this success. On the other hand, the EU is c...

The Visegrad countries, i.e. the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, have been historically linked to each other and have followed comparable development paths. Apart from their recent cooperation in the Visegrad Group (V4), they went through the EU accession process in parallel (1993-2004), and joined the OECD within a few years’ time (1...

Free movement of persons is one of the fundamental building blocks of European integration. The economics behind it implies that greater efficiency can be reached if, besides goods and services, the factors of production (i.e. capital and labour) can also move freely across the common market. Nevertheless, this setup was originally designed for an...

Az innováció jellemzően a kutatás-fejlesztési tevékenységekbe való beruházások eredményeképpen jön létre, amelyek a 21. században már jellemzően nagy méretűek, hosszú távra szólnak, ugyanakkor kockázatosak. A tudásintenzív beruházások új tudás létrehozására, a tudás gazdasági hasznosítására irányulnak, egyúttal már meglévő tudásra épülnek. E beruhá...

Multi-sided business platforms are gaining ever larger share in the economic space. These platforms induce substantial changes in many fields. Pricing becomes plastic and is influenced by the positive externalities generated by the operation of the platforms. Regarding externalities, the question of scaling (or even scalability) comes up. Multi-sid...

In our study, we aim at collecting and analysing the basic phenomena related to the umbrella concept of the fourth industrial revolution that was identified as the main source and driver of changes by the World Economic Forum at its 2016 Annual Meeting. Besides people’s lives or governance, the transformations currently under way are substantially...

The 28 member states of the EU, though forming a powerful economic block as a whole, perform rather diversely in terms of international competitiveness. In fact, the countries can be divided into two groups: a core characterised by structural competitiveness, and a periphery that is constrained to entering into and/or conducting (wage) cost competi...

Abstract: Intellectual property protection is a means to promote growth through providing incentives for innovation. On the other hand, IP protection restricts competition. The theory of optimal patents helps in assessing these effects and finding the balance between them. In the international context, differences in IPP strength affect decisions o...

Undoubtedly, much of the economic thinking driving forth European integration throughout the decades stems from German intellectual roots. Examining these German ideas drives us to the model of the social market economy. However, the social market economy did not emerge from empty space in the late 1940s: it also has its roots, mostly in the Freibu...

The latest growth strategy of the European Union, the Europe 2020, represents a new approach towards economic growth. From our point of view the most important innovation of the strategy is that, beside intelligent and sustainable growth, it sets out the establishment of an inclusive society as one of its priorities. We believe that member states’...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to assess how the recent financial and economic crisis has affected European Union (EU) member states’ ability to attract intellectual capital. The issue was found to be relevant, as one of the key elements of competitiveness today is the ability to attract intellectual capital and the question how the recent...

With the adoption of the Europe 2020 strategy in 2010, social inclusion was incorporated in the growth strategy of the European Union as one of its new elements. The concept of inclusion is rather open and has various interpretations. In this article, relevant literature is reviewed with the aim of unfolding the concept of social inclusion, frequen...

- Get full manuscript from http://intereconomics.eu/archive/year/2015/1/ The EU’s stagnation on many innovation indicators led to a number of efforts to spur a turnaround. One of most visible projects has been the Horizon 2020 strategy, which devotes unprecedented levels of funding to the promotion of R&D and innovation. But does this strategy add...

There has been the common research and development policy in the European Economic Community and the Euratom since their establishment in 1957. Within the Joint Research Centre, several Institutes were set up in the member states. The first framework programme, introducing cross-border collaboration projects, was launched in 1984. The post-socialis...

The two substantial pillars of European regulation on restrictive agreements have from the beginning been prohibition and exemption. Ensuring competition has been one of the prior objectives of integration; however, there are further interests. Also, according to the “Schumpeterian” philosophy, research is most fruitful if carried out in a somewhat...

The current European crisis started as the infiltration of the global financial crisis. The real economy was hit badly by the sudden contraction of the financial sector. The European Commission's recovery plan of 2008, followed by most member states at that time, built on the quick restoration of demand and trust, mostly based on increased public e...

The European Union (EU) can be regarded as one economic region and this way its competitiveness can be defined and examined. However, there are huge tensions within the European region that raise questions about whether there exists a European economic region and thus “European competitiveness” at all. Unlike some of its largest competitors, Europe...

As Hungary became a member of the European Union, much of the legislatory environment for providing financial services has changed, although most of the integration, at least on the legislatory level, was already carried out before the accession. In my study I try to look at the developments this new status quo has brought about, even if we are qui...

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