Publications → Trade and Investment Facilitation → Business Climate
- Concept and Evolution of Business Models (in Russian)
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June 17, 2008 15:16
This paper tries to close that gap by developing a typology of different business models along three dimensions: value chain constellation, market power of innovators versus owners of complementary assets and total revenue potential.
- Business in Belarus 2007: Status, Trends, Prospects
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January 18, 2008 16:47
This report analyzes the macroeconomic and institutional environment for functioning of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Belarus today and the existing infrastructure for their operation. Also, the results of two empirical studies devoted to the problems and performance of Belarusian SMEs are presented. It reveals numerous barriers to a much needed rapid growth of SMEs in Belarus.
- Disorganization or self-organization : the emergence of business associations in a transition economy
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January 2, 2008 15:30
The authors examine the business associations that emerged spontaneously in response to the transition's challenges. They provide empirical evidence that institutions that help coordinate production and trade emerge spontaneously in a widely "disorganized" environment.
- Trade preferences and differential treatment of developing countries : a selective survey
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November 26, 2007 17:28
The authors devote attention to a number of recent contributions that discuss (1) whether there is a continued need for SDT, and (2) how this might be designed from both a development (recipient) objective and from the perspective of the trading system more generally.
- The cost of compliance with product standards for firms in developing countries: an econometric study
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November 26, 2007 17:28
This paper develops econometric models to estimate the incremental production costs of enterprises in several developing nations associated with conforming to standards and technical regulations imposed by major importing countries.
- Detecting collusion in timber auctions : an application to Romania
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November 26, 2007 17:26
This paper examines the Romanian auction system, with a focus on the use of econometric methods to detect collusion. It begins by describing the historical development of the system and the principal steps in the auction process.
- Does services liberalization benefit manufacturing firms ? Evidence from the Czech Republic
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November 26, 2007 17:24
Using firm-level data from the Czech Republic for the period 1998-2003, this study examines the link between services sector reforms and the productivity of domestic firms in downstream manufacturing.
- A framework for thinking about enterprise formalization policies in developing countries
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November 26, 2007 17:23
This paper emphasizes the coordination and credibility issues involved in promoting formalization and discusses possible institutional solutions, among them business associations that make the benefits of membership dependent on compliance, information sharing arrangements among government agencies and improvements in the quality of public management.
- Customer market power and the provision of trade credit : evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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November 26, 2007 17:22
This study provides an explanation for this by arguing that customers who possess strong market power are able to increase their customer surplus by demanding to purchase the goods on credit.
- Landlockedness, infrastructure and trade : new estimates for central Asian countries
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November 26, 2007 17:21
This paper assesses the impact of internal infrastructure and landlockedness on Central Asian trade using a panel gravity equation estimated on a large sample of countries (167 countries over 1992-2004). The panel structure of the dataset makes it possible to control for country-pair specific effects (as opposed to the usual importer and exporter effects) that would otherwise be captured by the coefficients of time-invariant variables such as distance or landlockness.
- The emergence of equity investment in developing countries : overview
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November 26, 2007 17:12
Equity flows to developing countries have increased sharply in recent years. Foreign equity investment can be beneficial to developing countries because of its risk-sharing characteristics and effects on resource mobilization and allocation.
- Investment horizons : Western Balkans
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November 26, 2007 17:10
The Western Balkans benchmarking study assessed the investment prospects in the food and beverage processing sector for all five countries in the Western Balkan region; in the automotive components sector for all countries other than Albania; and, for Albania alone, in the leather and shoe sector.
- Analysis of administrative and regulatory costs of doing business in Gradiska Municipality
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November 26, 2007 17:09
The report identifies existing administrative barriers in the territory of the Gradiska Municipality, and analyzes the investment climate within the Municipality.
- Business environment and labor market outcomes in Europe and Central Asia countries
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November 26, 2007 17:08
This paper aims to improve our understanding of the business environment of the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries, as well as to assess which of the institutions that shape it are most important for labor market performance. To achieve that aim, the author groups the institutions into those affecting firm entry and those affecting business survival and growth, and proceeds to construct indicators to summarize them.
- Measuring governance and state capture: the role of bureaucrats and firms in shaping the business environment
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November 23, 2007 11:45
This paper summarises the results of the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey BEEPS) across 20 transition economies, providing an assessment of governance and corruption from the perspective of firms. The BEEPS is part of the global World Business Environment Survey being carried out by the World Bank.
- Competition and enterprise performance in transition economies: evidence from a cross-country survey
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May 16, 2007 14:41
This paper uses a survey of 3,300 firms in 25 transition countries to shed light on the factors that influence restructuring by firms and their subsequent performance as measured by growth in sales and in sales per employee over a three-year period. We begin by surveying what a decade of transition has taught us about the factors that determine how firms respond to the new market environment. We go on to analyse the impact on performance of ownership, soft budget constraints, the general business environment and a range of measures of the intensity of competition as perceived by a firm.
- Kyrgyz government is trying to improve business climate
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The article considers economic situation in Kyrgyzstan a year later after the “tulip revolution”
- Business climate for small and medium enterprises: management and cooperation. Lessons learned
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May 15, 2007 09:54
This paper focuses on description and analysis of several models to support small and medium enterprises in post-socialist countries and mainly in Poland.
- Attracting Private Investment: Putting the Policy Frameworks in Place: Experiences from Slovenia and South East Europe
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The current paper aims at making some policy suggestions for increasing FDI flows in SEE, to outline key issues in attracting investors and highlighting the importance of intra-regional investment and business development.
- Improving a Business Environment in the Process of Transition of Serbia and
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May 15, 2007 09:54
This paper aims at determining whether the business environment encourages economic development based on an empirical survey conducted on the sample of 408 enterprises.
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