Impacts of Inter-Organizational Networks on Industrial Upgrading at the Firm Level: Evidence from the Romanian Food Processing Industry
Impacts of Inter-Organizational Networks on Industrial Upgrading at the Firm Level: Evidence from the Romanian Food Processing Industry

Summary/Abstract: Over the last decade transition in the Central and East European Countries (CEECs) has altered the industrial structure of traditional industries, not only due to the system change from centrally planned economy to free market economy but also due to the strong globalization effects. Although transition is a gradual process, the aspiration of accession to the EU has provided an impetus to rapidly harmonize with the global economic system in these countries. Therefore, they have actively engaged in international business and their firms are compelled to position themselves quickly in the new markets. As is well known, in the last two decades, economic globalization has influenced the growth of multinational enterprises and the CEECs have competed for as large a piece as possible of this cake. Within the region, we observe differences among the countries due to different reasons, which are out of the scope of this paper.

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