The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Knowledge Base of Central and Eastern European Countries

Abstract: The interdisciplinary FDI-CEEC project was an international cooperative effort between the Institute for Advanced Studies and the Austrian East and Southeast European Institute with four partner institutes in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia. We have analysed the effects of foreign direct investment on the knowledge bases of the four respective Central and East European countries (CEECs). Amongst other things we have concentrated on the inclusion of CEEC firms into national and international production networks. Moreover, we have looked into human resource development and the effects of the changing industrial structures on the research institutions.;