The role of business and finance services in Central and Eastern Europe

Gál, Zoltán; Kovács, Sándor

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“…Although global Foreign Direct Investments (fdis) in knowledge-intensive industries decreased since the late 2000s at the global level, this trend was not observed in cee (Micek 2015), where we had observed an increase in service investments since 2000 (Hardy, Sass, and Fifekova 2011). Between 2001 and 2012, the export of ito/bpo had increased from 17.5 to 34 of total service export (Myszkowska 2014) and the rapid increase in services' relocations was particularly visible after the v4 countries joined the European Union in 2004 (Gál 2014;Kedziora, Karri, Kraslawski, and Halasa 2017). While initially Western companies were transferring to cee region mainly manufacturing tasks (Collins and Grimes 2011), it had quickly started to shift onto more advanced functions (Jacoby 2010; Jürgens and Krzywdzinski 2009), transitioning the country's position from the role of materials and low technology exporter onto the modern services delivery hub (Hardy 2007; Association of Business Services Leaders 2017).…”

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confidence: 65%

“…Similarly, Micek (2008) listed proximity to customers as the fifth leading issue. In contrast, Gál (2014) pointed out that geographical proximity was among the highest ranked aspects. While location was important, surprisingly it was not among top factors, contrary to some earlier findings.…”

Section: Selection Criteria and Environmental Factors Of Polish Bpo/ito Industrymentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Some of the criteria (such as time zone differences) are specific to offshore sourcing (Lacity, Khan, and Willcocks 2009). Local cee advantages were also discussed by Gál (2014). Motivating factors were extracted from the above literature to be included in the questionnaire used for data collection part of the present study.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research focused on ito/bpo in Poland is scarce, despite the rapid growth of the sector (Gál 2014;Myszkowska 2014). Sass and Fifekova (2011), Gál (2014), Hardy, Micek, andCapik (2011), Micek (2015) and Myszkowska (2014) focused on bpo and services offshoring in the v4 and cee region.…”

Section: Bpo/ito Research In Poland and Other Transition Economiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, Manning (2014) indicated that there were communication problems between us and Polish companies. As Gál (2014) pointed out, the cee region attracts organisations offering talented and skilled labour, so the low wages are not the main driver. Competition based on a skilled workforce was made possible due to changes in the education system.…”

Section: Selection Criteria and Environmental Factors Of Polish Bpo/ito Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Outsourcing of Information Technology and Business Processes in Poland: Motivations and Environmental Factors

Piotrowicz¹,

Kedziora²

2018

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The aim of the paper is to summarise the literature focused on Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing in Poland and to contribute to understanding of motivations and environmental factors driving service relocations to Central and Eastern Europe. This exploratory study is based on academic literature and two data sources: government and industry reports, as well as small-scale exploratory survey. The findings confirm the cost reduction to be the main driver, followed by the willingness to improve processes and business performance. The substantial advantage of Poland is human resources -the availability of highly skilled, well-educated workforce at relatively low cost. Even though the salaries are often higher than in Asia, it is compensated by the number of graduates and knowledge of foreign languages. Membership of the European Union and political stability also plays an important role. This exploratory study, aside of relocation trends overview, enabled the views among service providers to be captured and compared with the commercial and governmental reports.

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Kedziora²

2018

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Are publicly funded Czech incubators effective? The comparison of performance of supported and non-supported firms

Dvouletý

Longo

Blažková

et al. 2018

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Purpose Even in established economies, empirical studies on the relationship between business incubation and firm performance do not show unequivocally positive results. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to this debate based on the empirical evidence from the under-researched Central and Eastern European region in which no similar study has been conducted before. Due to the shorter experience with the management of business incubators and less developed institutions, business incubators may not be so effective in supporting their tenants in this region. Design/methodology/approach The authors utilise firm-level data from incubated Czech enterprises (n=205) founded after 2003 and compare them with those that have not received support from incubators. The authors implement three matching techniques to pair incubated and non-incubated companies. The outcome variables measured sales, price-cost margin, assets turnover, value added, size of total assets and size of personnel costs. Findings Compared to the control group, incubated firms reported on average lower values of the above-mentioned indicators. Presented study shows that Czech incubators have not been successful in supporting growth of incubated firms. Practical implications The study suggests that there is a clear room for improvements. Incubators should improve in attracting and selecting high potentials and in providing more effective support focussed on tenants’ growth, whereas policymakers should exercise stricter control regarding the money spent and effectiveness of incubators. Originality/value The empirical analysis was conducted based on the research gap in the studies related to the impact of business incubation in the under-researched Central and Eastern European region. It also shows that positive results from similar studies done in established economies cannot be taken for granted as they depend on the quality of institutions in a particular country.

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Transnational business feminism: Exporting feminism in the global economy

Fodor

Glass²,

Nagy

2018

Gender Work & Organization

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Business feminism is a brand of feminism that privileges women's advancement in the corporate hierarchy and centres corporations as the ultimate purveyors of gender equity. While scholars have critiqued this formulation, little empirical research has analysed the processes that guide the dissemination and translation of business feminism in organizational settings within global corporate networks. This article advances scholarship on the global processes that drive the export of business feminism logics. We analyse the process of dissemination of business feminism from the headquarters of multinational corporations to corporate hubs located in Hungary. This process relies on women executives who are charged with translating policies and practices originating in the headquarters of western corporations. In-depth interviews with women executives charged with implementing corporate policies reveal the ways in which business feminism is interpreted, modified and/or resisted by actors within organizational settings.

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The role of business and finance services in Central and Eastern Europe

Cited by 7 publications

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Outsourcing of Information Technology and Business Processes in Poland: Motivations and Environmental Factors

Outsourcing of Information Technology and Business Processes in Poland: Motivations and Environmental Factors

Are publicly funded Czech incubators effective? The comparison of performance of supported and non-supported firms

Transnational business feminism: Exporting feminism in the global economy

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