CEE Resources

Useful resources on economic and business aspects in Central and Eastern Europe are listed below.

Internal Resources at WU

Access to data banks of WU depends on the status of the user. Some are restricted to members of the WU only. Find out more about the access: http://www.wu.ac.at/library/search/databases/all

Resource

Link

Transitions Online, an online magazine with a unique coverage of the region's 28 post-communist countries offers high quality content on politics, economy and culture.
Premium content available for WU faculty and students.

Transitions Online

Balkan Insight – The website contains current information on politics, business and society from nine countries in the Balkans and keeps its readers updated on the latest developments in the region, through regular analytical and investigative reports.

Balkan Insight

DMCEE: Database of Management in Central and Eastern Europe 1991-2010: offers a broad range of entries in this research area.

DMCEE

"CEE On-line" - An on-line service created by the Institute of Slavic Languages, containing links to search engines and news providers in the Russian Federation and the Czech Republic.

CEE On-line

The WU library homepage grants access to the leading research data bases as well as to statistical data on national level on the subjects of business, economics, foreign direct investment, and markets in CEE (e.g. EIU Country Data, wiiw- Database on Foreign Direct Investment, GMID-Global Market Information Database)

WU Digital Library

EBRD Transition Reports, access to full text

Transition Report

IMD World Competitiveness Online - Comprehensive database on the competitiveness of 57 nations, including information from the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook and country ranking.

IMD World Competitiveness

External Resources

Resource

Link

People, Culture and Society 

 

Contact. The Arts and Civil Society Program of Erste Bank Group

Erste Bank Group

Centre for South-East European Studies – University Graz

Centre for South-East European Studies

Current Developments in CEE and Country Profiles

 

Transition Online is a leading internet magazine with a unique coverage of all 28 post-communist states

TOL

Central European Business Review - A scholarly journal focused on strategic business issues with a Central European perspective

CEBR

BBC Country Profiles

BBC News

Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe

IDM

Country data on economies, economic sectors and foreign direct investments in CEE

 

Unicredit Group: Macroeconomic data, sector analysis and trade & FDI in the New Europe

Unicredit Group Data

RZB - Raiffeisen Research

RZB - Raiffeisen Research

Erste Group Bank Research - Data on CEE countries & current affairs

Erste Group Bank Research

Deutsche Bank Research - Country Infobase and Emerging Markets

Deutsche Bank Research

EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) – Economic Analyses and Forecasts for Central Europe & Baltics, South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe & Caucasus and Central Asia

EBRD

EUROSTAT- Statistical Office of the European Communities

EUROSTAT

The World Bank – EU10 Regular Economic Report: Three reports per year focusing on the EU-members from CEE

EU10

International Monetary Fund – Country Information and Country Reports

Int. Monetary Fund 

ZEW – The Centre for European Economic Research – Financial Market Report CEE (monthly survey)

ZEW

FIW - Research Platform International Economics:
Austrian perspective on international trade and economics issues 

FIW

The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies

WIIW

OeNB: The CEE platform of the Austrian Central Bank offers insights on recent economic developments in the countries of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe (ceec.oenb.at)

OeNB

Bertelsmann Stiftung: Transformation Index BTI: The Transformation Index BTI is a global ranking that analyzes and evaluates development and transformation processes in 128 countries.

Bertelsmann Stiftung

UNCTAD - World Investment Report

UNCTAD

The World Bank Group: Investing Across Borders - Presents quantitative indicators on economies' laws, regulations, and practices affecting how foreign companies invest across sectors, start businesses, access industrial land, and arbitrate commercial disputes.

World Bank Group

BOFIT - The Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition: Research on transition economics and economic developments in Russia and in China

BIOFIT

Ernst & Young - The European Investment Monitor: EIM is the leading online information provider tracking inward investment across Europe.

Ernst & Young

William Davidson Institute - WDI is an independent research and educational institute dedicated to developing and disseminating expertise on issues affecting firms in transition & emerging market economies.

WDI 

TPA Horwath – Investing in CEE: The tax advisory and auditing company provides overviews of the tax systems in 8 CEE countries. 

TPA Horwath

Deloitte – Investing in Central Europe. A guide for investors in the CE countries 

Deloitte

Deloitte – Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index

Deloitte

TIGER - Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research: a leading independent economic think-tank in East Central Europe. It is affiliated with the Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland. 

TIGER

Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment - The VCC seeks to be a leader on issues related to foreign direct investment in the global economy. 

VCC

CEEIRT – Central and Eastern European International Research Team on human resource practices and roles of MNCs operating in CEE

CEEIRT

Country Risks and Business Climate

 

Reuters and OeKB CEE Business Climate Index

OeKB

Transparency International- The Annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)

CPI

COFACE - Statistics of countries and sectors, managed by a leading global insurance-and business information provider

COFACE

Euler-Hermes Kreditversicherung – Länderrisikoanalysen - Europa

Euler-Hermes

The World Bank Group: The Ease of Doing Business Project provides reports on doing business in 181 countries by evaluating regulations and procedures with a direct influence on economic growth

Doing business Project

Data on markets, consumer behavior and retail

 

Deloitte - Central Europe’s Top 500

Deloitte 

COFACE – Top 500 in CEE

COFACE

SeeNews & Roland Berger Strategy Consultants – Top 100 in South East Europe 

Roland Berger

GfK- CEE

GfK

AT Kearney – Global Retail Development Index

AT Kearney 

PriceWaterhouseCoopers – TRANSFORM: The quarterly magazine of PwC in Central and Eastern Europe that covers the latest business trends in 25 markets across the region, from the Czech Republic to Kazakhstan. 

PriceWaterhouseCoopers

SKOLKOVO Emerging Market Index – Categorizing the Emerging Market Economies 

SKOLKOVO