scholarly journals EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF THE EU STRUCTURAL SUPPORT ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF LITHUANIAN ECONOMICS

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-88
Author(s):  
Ligita GASPARĖNIENĖ ◽  
Rita REMEIKIENĖ
Keyword(s):  
Business Environment ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Structural Support ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Practical Research ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Increasing amounts of the EU structural support in Lithuania require theoretical and practical research to disclose the determinants that have a significant impact on the competitiveness of Lithuanian economics. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the impact of the EU structural support on the competitiveness of Lithuanian economics. The methods of the research include systematic and comparative analysis of the scientific literature, expert evaluation and linear regression. The research disclosed the main determinants of country’s competitiveness. The results have revealed that EU structural support has the most significant impact on Lithuanian engineering and technological infrastructure. The impact of the support on country’s macroeconomic, scientific and social environment can also be considered as significant. The EU structural support has medium strong impact on education and business environment conditions in Lithuania. It has been established that, in the field of business advancement, Lithuanian should be rated as medium competitive. Hence, the increase in country’s competitiveness by employing EU structural funds should be treated as one of priority aims. In addition, responsible authorities should perform with higher efficiency seeking for higher competitiveness of the country.

scholarly journals The Development of the Innovative SMEs in Slovakia in the Context of Macroeconomic Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
Vusal AHMADOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Export Growth ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Eu Integration ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
Macroeconomic Environment ◽  
The Eu

Abstract EU integration brought expressive economic development to Slovakia. The main drivers of the economic growth have been export-oriented FDIs. Slovak government pursues provision of the favorable FDI-friendly business environment for keeping continuance of the productive capital into domestic economy. Nevertheless, the FDIs represent giant multinational companies and the Slovak economy is in a stage of development that it needs the advancement in the productivity growth in the remaining sectors of the economy addition to export-intensive FDIs. From this token, development of the SME in Slovakia is important for transition of the Slovak economy up to next level. In this article, I analyze the effects of the macro-economic variables such as financial development, export growth, innovativeness, and the EU structural funds on SME development in Slovakia. I deploy regression analysis to measure these effects. The lower interest rates and higher export growth positively contributes to development of innovative SMEs. The inadequacy of the organizational capacity and innovation structure of SMEs impedes them benefits from EU funds and Innovations. Keywords: SME productivity, EU funds, cost of finance, innovation structure, organizational structure

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE EU STRUCTURAL FUNDS ON BUSINESS IN LATVIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Iluta Arbidane ◽  
Madara Tarasova
Keyword(s):  
Legal Framework ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Research Administration ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Aggregation Of Information ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
Programming Period ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The aim of the paper is to examine the administration of EU structural funds and their influence on business development. The main problem analysed in the paper is administration of the EU structural funds and their implementation in Latvia, the impact of the activities funded by the EU funds onto business development. In the research, information about the essence and policy of the EU structural funds is analysed, including information about the aspects of formation and influence of the EU structural funds, the basic business principles and factors influencing its development, as well as funding by the EU Structural Funds as an instrument for facilitation of business development. In the research, administration of the EU structural funds, the legal framework, and an evaluation of the funds’ administration in Latvia, the activities of the EU structural funds for business development in the programming period 2007–2013, influence of the priority “Business development” upon business development in Latgale region, as well as future prospects are discussed. The aim of the paper is to examine the administration of EU structural funds and their influence upon business development. The subject of the research is the impact of EU funds onto business development. In the paper, the following research methods are used: the descriptive or monographic method, aggregation of information, analysis of documentation, statistical analysis, graphical, and the expert method. According to the obtained results, the authors conclude that the activities funded by the EU Structural Funds provide support for enterprises for innovative business development, and increase competitiveness of enterprises, as well as overall business activity.

Academic engagement with small business and entrepreneurship: Towards a landscape of practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 095042222110344
Author(s):  
Oswald Jones
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

Academic engagement with small business and entrepreneurship was facilitated by the availability of European Union (EU) funding, which also stimulated the emergence of a small business and entrepreneurship (SBE) ‘community of practice’. Gradually, the SBE community developed into a ‘landscape of practice’ as small business research moved towards maturity. Furthermore, the SBE landscape of practice has coalesced around three core concepts: entrepreneurial learning, social networks and social capital. EU funding was the catalyst for many SBE academics in the UK to engage with practitioners involved with starting and managing their own businesses. The UK’s exit from the EU will inevitably mean that universities will no longer have access to EU Structural Funds. This has major implications for the UK SBE community’s engagement with practice as well as for entrepreneurs and business owners who have benefitted from a range of programmes designed to improve the performance of smaller firms.

scholarly journals Financing of Smart Growth in Less Developed Regions on the Example of Poland

e-Finanse ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Murzyn
Keyword(s):  
Smart Growth ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Public Intervention ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe aim of this paper is twofold. First, the smart growth concept is examined with a focus on challenges associated with applying this concept in the less developed regions. Second, the impact of EU structural funds on smart growth in Poland is analyzed at the regional level with a view to contributing to the debate on public intervention in this area. The research questions are as follows: “Is the concept of smart growth, as postulated by the European Union, well suited to the less developed regions?” and “Whether and to what extent do EU funds contribute to achieving smart growth in Poland?”Smart growth has accelerated after 2007, which could suggest a significant impact of EU structural funds, whose allocation to measures supporting innovative activity rose markedly after 2007. However, among the various factors influencing regional development processes, the impact of structural funds was not as strong as might be expected, which was confirmed by further analysis.

scholarly journals DANE Mechanizm i obszary wsparcia rozwoju współpracy transgranicznej oraz ochrony dziedzictwa i krajobrazu kulturowego w ramach programu „Interreg Polska – Słowacja”

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020(41) (3) ◽  
pp. 75-89
Author(s):  
Jan Pochwała ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Border Effect ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Common ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation ◽  
The Eu

In order to support the development of Polish and Slovak border regions, after the accession of both countries to the EU, the “Interreg Poland – Slovakia” Program was implemented. One of the priorities of the Program is the protection and use of the common Polish-Slovak cultural and natural heritage for the development of cross-border cooperation. As part of Interreg since 2004, EU-Structural Funds have co-financed joint Polish-Slovak projects implemented in selected counties/poviat located in the following voivodeships/provinces: Śląskie, Małopolskie, Podkarpackie (on the Polish side) and Žilinskom kraji, Prešovskom kraji and Košickým kraji (on the Slovak side). The next editions of Interreg are becoming increasingly popular in Poland and Slovakia including its recognition by experts as well as the implementation of a cross-border effect.

scholarly journals Competitiveness and Its Impact on Sustainability, Business Environment, and Human Development of EU (28) Countries in terms of Global Multi-Criteria Indices

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Kiseľáková ◽  
Beáta Šofranková ◽  
Miroslav Gombár ◽  
Veronika Čabinová ◽  
Erika Onuferová
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

In this paper, the following research problem was addressed: Is there a significant economic impact of multidimensional specified competitiveness within the EU (28) countries on the competitive business environment, human development, and sustainable growth? Based on the mentioned research problem, we formulated the aim of paper: To detect the significant interrelations among the assessment of global competitiveness, business environment as well as human development in the EU (28) countries for the period of 2006–2017. To address these problems, the methodology of global multi-criteria indices, namely the global competitiveness index (GCI), doing business index (DBI), and human development index (HDI), as well as panel analysis and non-linear regression analyses with ANOVA, were applied. The panel analysis results suggest that there is a direct linear relationship between the GCI and HDI. Moreover, the impact of the DBI on the change in the GCI score was not confirmed. We identified the main areas of countries’ interest, and important economic and statistical significant relations of competitiveness by creating three models: The GD model (constructed by GCI and DBI scores), GH model (GCI and HDI scores), and GDH model (GCI, DBI and HDI scores). Based on the results, all interrelations were confirmed. However, the highest extent of variability for the explanation of the selected data was recorded in the case of the GDH model (87.12%). We detected the impact of the business environment and human resources as competitive advantages on global macroeconomic competitiveness. As the business sector in EU (28) countries is represented mainly by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), enterprise activities play a key role in the process of sustainable competitive economic development. Moreover, human resources are considered to be another important driver of the internationalization of European SMEs.

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