Competitiveness of CEE Economies and Businesses

Part I Country-level developments.- The Competitiveness of EU Member States from Central and Eastern Europe in 2007-2014.- Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth.- Facilitating the Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) - The Perspective of Support Providers in Poland in the Aftermath of 2008+ Economic Crisis.-  Attracting FDI to the New EU Member States.- Policies to Promote Eco-Innovation. Results for Selected CEE Countries and Germany.- CEE Countries as a Business Process Outsourcing Destination.- Part II Firm-level developments.- Contrasting methods: an explorative investigation on firm-level export competitiveness based on qualitative and quantitative research findings.- Emerging CEE Multinationals in the Electronics Industry.- Human capital and HRM as a source of competitive advantage and effectiveness - Evidence from Poland.- Examination of Central-Eastern-European Professional Football Clubs' Sport Success, Financial Position and Business Strategy in International Environment.- Local Heroes in Hungary.

Dr Piotr Trapczynski is assistant professor at the Department of International Competitiveness, Poznan University of Economics and Business. He is also an MBA and Master lecturer with specialization in international business strategy and international marketing, as well as head of the research project "The determinants of foreign direct investment performance in the internationalization process of Polish companies", financed by the National Science Centre of Poland (for the period 2013-2015).Prior to these positions, Piotr worked as Research Assistant at the Berlin Campus of ESCP Europe, where he completed a European Doctoral Programme in International Business, and lecturer in international business at the Academy of Business and Economics (VWA) in Berlin. He had also gained business experience through several positions in the IT industry, strategic management consulting and brand management in the FMCG sector. He gained his PhD degree at the Poznan University of Economics and Business, as well as M.Sc. from the City University of London, Dipl.-Kfm and Master degrees of the ESCP Europe in Berlin and Paris.His research interests include internationalization into and from emerging and transition economies (with focus on the CEE), FDI performance, firm competitiveness, as well as mixed-method research. Dr. Piotr Trapczynski is also supported by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP).
Dr Lukasz Puslecki is an assistant professor at Department of International Management, Faculty of International Business and Economics, Poznan University of Economics and Business (PUEB) . He is also Director of Joint MSc in International Business and Management (JMSCIBM) Program between Poznan University of Economics and Business and Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Business School (UK). Dr. Puslecki holds positions in several professional and academic institutions. He is the Chair of Academy of International Business Central and Eastern Europe (AIB-CEE) Chapter, Vice-Chair of