THE ROLE OF FDI IN QUALITY-BASED COMPETITIVENESS: THE CASE OF CZECH REPUBLIC

• Authors: Kadeřábková Anna , Rojíček Marek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper evaluates the qualitative aspects of the Czech Republic position in the global economic flows in terms of their knowledge intensity. The stress is being put on structural characteristics of value-added, FDI and R&D and the innovation activities indicating the change of competitive advantage towards the increasing role of internal innovation capacity and unique product and processes. This change, however, may not be fast enough to compensate for weakening cost-based competitiveness. Despite the increasing share of FDI companies in domestic R&D activities, their average knowledge intensity remains low. The prevailing competitive strategy relies on adoption of foreign technology knowledge to local needs, possibly with minor adjustments.

Keywords

EN

FDI; TECHNOLOGY INTENSITY; VALUE CHAIN FRAGMENTATION

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 333-352
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kadeřábková Anna

• Vysoká škola ekonomie a managementu, I. P. Pavlova 3, 120 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic

author

Rojíček Marek

• A. Kaderabkova, Ekonomicky ustav SAV, Sancova 56, 811 05 Bratislava 1, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA04718996