TY - JOUR AU - Hardy, J AU - Tölgyessy Péterné Sass, Magdolna AU - Fifekova, MP TI - Impacts of horizontal and vertical foreign investment in business services. The experience of Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic TS - The experience of Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic JF - EUROPEAN URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES J2 - EUR URBAN REG STUD VL - 18 PY - 2011 IS - 4 SP - 427 EP - 443 PG - 17 SN - 0969-7764 DO - 10.1177/0969776411422618 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/1737169 ID - 1737169 AB - This article examines the impact of foreign direct investment in business services on the economies of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia and their place in the European division of labour. A distinction is drawn between horizontal market-seeking foreign investment in business services and efficiency-seeking vertical investments, which have increased since 2000. We posit a conceptual framework that differentiates between the static, dynamic and institutional properties of global production networks and their impacts on localities and regions. The research is based on interviews with senior managers in 25 companies in the three case-study countries, as well as inward investment agencies. We conclude that the most salient static impacts of these investments are on the labour market, where horizontal investments provide fewer, but more skilled jobs than vertical investments. Dynamic effects were contradictory in that, although learning and spillover effects were modest, vertical investments demonstrated a propensity to move up the value chain. Strategic coupling with local actors involved institution bending, enhancement or harnessing in changing the spaces of production. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tölgyessy Péterné Sass, Magdolna AU - Fifekova, M TI - Offshoring and outsourcing business services to Central and Eastern Europe. some empirical and conceptual considerations TS - some empirical and conceptual considerations JF - EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES J2 - EUR PLAN STUD VL - 19 PY - 2011 IS - 9 SP - 1593 EP - 1609 PG - 17 SN - 0965-4313 DO - 10.1080/09654313.2011.586196 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/1718619 ID - 1718619 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kalotay, Kálmán TI - Patterns of inward FDI in economies in transition JF - EASTERN JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES J2 - EJES VL - 1 PY - 2010 IS - 2 SP - 55 EP - 76 PG - 22 SN - 2068-651X UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/2182146 ID - 2182146 LA - English DB - MTMT ER -