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Priemysel Slovenskej republiky a vybraných malých ekonomík Európskej únie – komparácia z aspektu prechodu do informačnej spoločnosti
Slovak Industry and Selected Small Economies of EU – Comparative Analysis from the Aspect of Transition to Information Society

Author(s): Edita Nemcová
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Ekonomický ústav SAV a Prognostický ústav SAV
Keywords: manufacturing; ICT manufacturing; knowledge-based economy; technology intensity; European Union; small economies

Summary/Abstract: Since May 2004 is the Slovak Republic a member of the EU, thus the development of its industry has to be shaped by trends of these of EU. To leverage the exist-ing gap between SR and most developed EU countries the presence of a strong and competitive manufacturing sector is crucial. The main aspiration of the submitted paper, which was supported by Science and Technology Assistance Agency under the contract No. APVT-51-023602 is to compare the Slovak industry, in particular it’s manufacturing defined as NACE 15 – 36 industries with selected 8 small EU economies – Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands and Sweden according to transition to information society. Since vital according to knowledge-based economy have been technology more intensive branches above all the ICT manufacturing focuses the comparison mainly on these branches.

  • Issue Year: 53/2005
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 527-541
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Slovak
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