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Central and Eastern Europe After the Boom: Time for a Strategy Change for Foreign Multinational Companies?

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This conceptual paper contributes to the discussion of the effects of the Great Recession on strategies of multinational companies operating in CEE. The author argues that the original business model that guided the "going East" of Western companies is still valid. However, foreign investors have adapted their strategies for CEE in the aftermath of the crisis: they differentiate stronger between the individual economies, follow a more cautious and selective investment approach, rationalize product portfolios, test new cost-efficient organizational arrangements and consider increasingly "value-for-money" strategies to tap the mass markets.

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  • Arnold Schuh, 2013. "Central and Eastern Europe After the Boom: Time for a Strategy Change for Foreign Multinational Companies?," Central European Business Review, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2013(2), pages 25-30.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlcbr:v:2013:y:2013:i:2:id:43:p:25-30
    DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.43
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    1. Julia Manea & Robert Pearce, 2004. "Multinationals and Transition," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-0-230-51181-1, October.
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    Keywords

    Central and Eastern Europe; strategy; economic crisis; multinational company;
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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • M16 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - International Business Administration

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