Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Khalid Aada Author-Name-First: Khalid Author-Name-Last: Aada Author-Email: khalid.aada@utrgv.edu Author-Workplace-Name: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Title: Reflective teaching practices between theory and reality in a demanding society Abstract: Being a teacher implies enjoying the stages that students have to go through in order to learn; provide an environment conducive to learning; have an academic preparation to be successful. At various points in this process, unlearning is needed to relearn and make sense of a new experience. Being a teacher means recognizing that teaching is a transformative process for both students and teachers. The teaching activity can be defined as the set of actions, carried out inside and outside the classroom, aimed to promoting student learning in relation to the objectives and competencies designed in a planning and a specific institutional context. This leads us to reflect on the importance of developing a framework, as realistic as possible, of the methodology, objectives, content, assessment criteria and activities that are intended to be carried out with the students throughout the school year. But how far can we delimit the dimensions of this reflection? Why is reflection needed? what does the reflection represent for a teacher? Are we talking about an action, stage or a whole process? Why is it important to reflect on the act of teaching? What happens when a teacher begins to think and act not like a technical expert, but like a thoughtful professional? What does reflection in the teaching-learning process represent? Why does the professor need to reflect, invent, and differentiate? The main purpose of this work is to present a pedagogical tool that could help to see and understand the teaching-learning process beyond a simple interaction between the professor and his students, and thus to contribute to the improvement of the study planning. In this article, readers and teachers interested and passionate in this field of education will focus their attention to the importance and the need of being a professional reflexive not only in a narrow perspective but at a global scope, including the way how students learn from the cognitive dimension, especially those who need more assistance. Is it a complex process? Yes, but to reach that deep understanding of what is happening will have the benefit to take the teaching-learning vision from practice dimension to a significative purpose, and would complement any didactic training that teachers perform to make practical decisions, allowing them to reach the established objectives. Length: 6 pages Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 1-6 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=001&rid=13225 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11113225 Classification-JEL: I29 Keywords: Educational practice, Professional reflective, Reflection, Reflective teaching, Self-reflection Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11113225 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Oriana Abboud Armaly Author-Name-First: Oriana Author-Name-Last: Abboud Armaly Author-Email: orianaa@yvc.ac.il Author-Workplace-Name: Yezreel Valley College Author-Name: Moshe Sharabi Author-Name-First: Moshe Author-Name-Last: Sharabi Author-Email: moshes@yvc.ac.il Author-Workplace-Name: Yezreel Valley College Title: Constructing individual identity within traditional society: The case of young Arabs in Israel, graduates of alternative education Abstract: Studies on Arab society as a minority group in Israel, most often deal with the role of identity in the Arab-Israeli conflict and minority-majority relations. While the fact that Arab society in Israel is a minority ruled by a Jewish majority is of great importance, it is not the sole factor that influences and shapes processes within Arab society. As such, this study examined the intra group relations within Arab minority in Israel.Identity touches on how individuals and societies perceive themselves within conflict, and it also forms a link between the individual and society (Burke & Stets, 2009). The present study examined the conflict between the individual identity and the social identity of young Arabs, graduates of alternative education, that encouraged them to intellectually and normatively differentiate themselves from the Arab society. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 26 young men and women from the Arab society, Christians and Muslims, aged 18-25. The interviews were analyzed using two combined methods: content analysis and structural analysis.The findings suggest that the alternative educational experience fostered a normative intra-group conflict, and identity conflict at the individual level. Findings: a) Individual identity was constructed within Alternative education as "incubator", saturated with dialogue and critical pedagogy. b) Meeting traditional Arabic society, the young people face ideological and behavioral gaps. c) Identity conflict accrue and escalate between their individual identity and their social identity. d) The young cope with conflict using four main strategies: Verbal dialogue, "Dialogue through actions", Placation and Avoidance. Each strategy is used according to a specific component of the conflict. Apparently, constructing an identity with individualistic characteristics within traditional Arab society is accompanied by a process of socialization and loyalty to the educational experience, while accompanied by acute conflict between young Arabs and their own traditional society. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 7-7 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=002&rid=13183 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11513183 Classification-JEL: I21 Keywords: Conflict, Identity, Intragroup relations, Alternative education, Individualism, Arab society Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11513183 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Bogdan Eugen Anagnastopol Author-Name-First: Bogdan Eugen Author-Name-Last: Anagnastopol Author-Email: anagnastopol@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca Title: The Greek Revolution after 200 years. Greek refugees in Transylvania during the first year of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Abstract: Immediately after the defeat suffered by the Greek and Romanian revolutionaries, in Dragasani, in June 1821, many of the Greeks who fought for Filiki Eteria and not only, took refuge in Transylvania, to avoid the repression of the Ottoman Empire. The two Hellenistic centres, where these refugees have found shelter and protection, were Sibiu and Brasov. Among the refugees, in addition to students and fighters of the Sacred Band of Filiki Eteria, were also intellectuals, boyar families, two of the founders of the Filiki Eteria, doctors, and high Greek dignitaries from the Romanian Principalities. From Sibiu and Brasov, Greek revolutionaries continued to spread revolutionary enthusiasm and continue their liberation struggle against the Ottoman Empire, using the resources of Greek merchants companies in these cities, which had close ties with the Hellenistic centres in Europe. In response to the large number of refugees arriving in the Austrian Empire, the refugees were placed under the supervision of local authorities who informed their superiors in Vienna. Length: 6 pages Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 8-13 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=003&rid=13192 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 12013192 Classification-JEL: N93 Keywords: Austrian Empire, Greek merchants, Filiki Eteria; Ottoman Empire, Secret society Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:12013192 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Onetiu Daniel Darius Author-Name-First: Onetiu Author-Name-Last: Daniel Darius Author-Email: daniel.onetiu94@e-uvt.ro Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara Title: DIGITALIZATION OF THE BUYING PROCESS. SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECTS ON THE CONSUMER Abstract: Today we face many diverse and fascinating challenges, but the most intense and important challenge is to understand and shape the new technological revolution, which involves the transformation of humanity. The Internet is one of the most used advertising channels used by advertisers. Assessing the degree to which each channel contributes to marketing success and the ways in which channels influence each other remains challenging. An increasingly important topic today are the issues that concern consumer behavior. Any company wants to grow in order to become more competitive on the market, to survive the daily challenges and of course to survive the act of economic contest, which is also in a continuous digitalization. The objectives of the present research paper are the following: the analysis of the indices regarding the age categories of the respondents and their sex, in order to determine the channels that suit each market segment; determining the affirmative answers to the indices that contribute to the mapping of the consumer process on the analyzed sample. This paper is structured in two parts: a theoretical basis and an empirical analysis.?This work was co-financed by the European Social Fund through the Human Operational Program Capital 2014-2020, project number POCU / 380/6/13/125015 ?Development of entrepreneurial skills for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers in the field of economic sciences? Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 14-14 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=004&rid=13221 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11113221 Classification-JEL: M31, M31, M37 Keywords: Social media, the buying process, digital transformation, consumer Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11113221 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Codrean Dorel Constantin Author-Name-First: Codrean Author-Name-Last: Dorel Constantin Author-Email: dorelcodrean@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Management Field, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Timisoara Title: Economic growth and investments in the light industry and their impact on the short-term financial balance at the enterprise level in Romania county Abstract: The economic development at European level has increased the demand for products from the light industry, the consumers being better informed and with a demand on the goods they purchase for personal use and the presentation of their own images (footwear and clothing). This has generated a high level of investments in technology and creation in the field, ensuring a high degree of employment for the majority of women, which has contributed to the substantial increase in the employment rate in Romania county and a considerable increase in income per year. family, with immediate impact on the development of the region and the consumption of the main components of the integrated demand. The industries that need a lot of employees in some labor sectors being mainly in costs, the financial balance regarding the assurance with resources of the process of creation and production of these goods implies the allocation of a large volume of financial resources and many specific situations for their management. The negative impact of the development was manifested after a period of increase of the average wage in the economy with influence on the cost of maneuver in the structure of the products resulting in the failure of the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises in the light industry sector. 5 years analyzed in the study to be presented.Acknowledgement: This work was cofinanced from the European Social Fund through Operational Programme Human Capital 2014-2020, project number POCU/380/6/13/125015 ?Development of entrepreneurial skills for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers in the field of economic sciences?. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 15-15 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=005&rid=13209 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11113209 Classification-JEL: D00, E23, F36 Keywords: Footwear and clothing, short-term financial balance, cost of maneuver Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11113209 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Gloria Gheno Author-Name-First: Gloria Author-Name-Last: Gheno Author-Email: gloriagheno@libero.it Author-Workplace-Name: Innovative Data Analysis Title: An new algorithm for citation analysis Abstract: The bibliographic coupling and co-citation analysis methodologies were proposed in the early 60s and 70s to study the structure and the production of scientific communities. Bibliographic coupling is fundamental to understand the current state of a particular research area and its possible and potential future direction, while co-citation analysis is used to map the roots of academic works, fundamental to the development of a specific research field. With the first method, papers which have a common reference are paired and the strength of the link is given by the number of the references in common. With the second, instead, the papers co-cited by one or more documents are grouped. Both methodologies assume that papers, citing the same articles or cited from the same article, have similar aspects. Because these two methodologies have been considered separately until now, I propose a new algorithm, based on the bicluster analysis, which applies them together and I create an index to measure the similarity of the elements of the obtained clusters. Therefore, this new method groups together the bibliographically coupled papers and the co-cited references. In the obtained bicluster, the references grouped together represent the roots from which is born the trend to which the citing papers, grouped together, adhere. I apply this new method to economic papers, published between 2011 and 2020, which have "big data" among the keywords, so as to understand in a more exhaustive and rapid way how the current state and the future direction of the study of the big data are in the economic sector. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 16-16 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=006&rid=13161 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11113161 Classification-JEL: C19, N01, O10 Keywords: Bibliographic coupling, bicluster, big data, co-citation analysis Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11113161 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Fumihiko Isada Author-Name-First: Fumihiko Author-Name-Last: Isada Author-Email: isada@kansai-u.ac.jp Author-Workplace-Name: Kansai University Title: Position in inter-organizational networks and profitability and growth potential Abstract: The purpose of this study is to empirically clarify the relationship between a company?s position in the network structure of inter-company collaboration and its profitability and growth potential. In particular, by categorizing and analyzing companies located at the center of the network, we attempted to gain insight into the generation and growth process of so-called platformer companies. According to previous research, companies that are at the center of collaboration among various companies vary by industry and product characteristics. This research focuses on the Internet of Things (IoT), which is an industry in which inter-business relationships are important for collecting and utilizing big data across industries as an object of analysis. As a research method, we extracted the text information of newspaper articles related to IoT and analyzed the transition of the relationship between companies using social network analysis. Network analysis based on newspaper article data showed the possibility of one process to grow from a niche company to a platform leader and eventually to a large company. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 17-17 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=007&rid=13169 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11713169 Classification-JEL: M11, O32, L14 Keywords: Inter-organizational network, Platform leadership, Business Ecosystem, Social network analysis, Internet of Things Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11713169 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Fumihiko Isada Author-Name-First: Fumihiko Author-Name-Last: Isada Author-Email: isada@kansai-u.ac.jp Author-Workplace-Name: Kansai University Title: Changes in the International Network of Japanese Electronics Manufacturers Abstract: The purpose of this research is to compare and analyse the actual selection of the area where a Japanese company expands overseas in the electrical industry and the influence on the business results of each individual company. The first purpose of this research is macro analysis, where the aim is to understand and consider the decision-making of Japanese electronics manufacturers as ?collective intelligence? about the trend of locations where the bases are deployed as a whole. The second purpose of this research is a microscopic analysis of the influence of the choice of overseas base development on the business performance of individual companies. The influence of the degree of fitness between strategy and organization on companies? competitive advantage and profitability was focused. As a research methodology, a database was constructed and analysed regarding actual overseas expansion trends of companies. As a result of macro analysis, compared with the rapid changes in the global economic environment, the actual situation of overseas expansion of Japanese electronics manufacturers has not changed much from the past, and it will be a challenge for Japanese companies. As a result of a micro analysis, a model was verified that showed the optimal choices for overseas expansion through indicators related to the strategy, such as the degree of vertical integration and diversification of companies. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 18-18 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=008&rid=13208 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11113208 Classification-JEL: M16, M11, M21 Keywords: Overseas expansion, multinational corporation, source of competitive advantage, vertical integration, diversification Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11113208 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Olga Khon Author-Name-First: Olga Author-Name-Last: Khon Author-Email: olga.d.khon@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Independent Researcher, Saint Petersburg Title: Money Demand: The Guide to Monetary Policy in Russia, 1997-2020 Abstract: We estimate a short-run demand function, using the quarterly data available for modern Russian market - on the one-quarter basis for 1997-2020. Empirical results provide a stable money demand function that explains the short-run money velocity movement. The approach is based on econometric models and dynamic least square methods evaluation within the Akaike criterion applied for the authors? choice of leads and lags. The prior innovation related to model comparison of interest rates in money demand function ? from research-common money market rate to interbank market rate, amplifying proxy better-fitted for the Russian market. Length: 11 pages Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 19-29 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=009&rid=13164 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11113164 Classification-JEL: E41, G28, C50 Keywords: Monetary policy, money demand, money velocity, income elasticity, interest semi-elasticity Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11113164 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Lucian Gheorghe Nastase Author-Name-First: Lucian Gheorghe Author-Name-Last: Nastase Author-Email: nastase@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Valahia University of Targoviste Title: BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY USED BY ENTREPRENEURS IN ONLINE TRADE Abstract: Blockchain technology is used by entrepreneurs as an inovative tool in online trade so that they can handle the problem of traceability of the product in the management of the supply chain. This research want to be a cross-border between blockchain, ecommerce all made in the entrepreneurial environement. In the end it will be a set of methods and algorithms that are developed for the information encryption and for anticounterfeiting. There will be presented algorithms and methods to show a complete and working solution, which are evaluated by applying to several typical problems and attack cases. The effectiveness, extendibility, security, implementation and governance issues of applying these algorithms,methods, solutions are also discussed. This research contributes to the theoretical and practical literatures on blockchain technology, cross-border e-commerce and supply chain management research fields. Length: 4 pages Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 30-33 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=010&rid=13212 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11113212 Classification-JEL: L81, M41, F32 Keywords: Entrepreneurs, Online trade, E-commerce, Blockchain technology Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11113212 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Ioana Pantilimon Author-Name-First: Ioana Author-Name-Last: Pantilimon Author-Email: ioanapantilimon@yahoo.com Author-Workplace-Name: National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest Title: The EU-LAC Cooperation: Norm-setting, Development, and Socio-spatial Difference. A Postcolonial Critique of Normative Power Europe Abstract: The aim of this work is to explore the concept and praxis of Normative Power Europe from a postcolonial perspective, by addressing the European imaginaries on Latin America and the Caribbean. The extensively held thesis by the NPE scholars and practitioners is that the European Union externally promotes the set of values that it practices internally, acting as a normative power (Manners, 2002; Diez and Manners 2007; Manners: 2008). The increasing usage and popularity of NPE has, nevertheless, attracted criticism in recent years (Merlingen: 2007; Mayer: 2008; Hyde-Price: 2008; Bachmann and Sidaway: 2009; Onar and Nicolaďdis: 2013; Staeger: 2016), with a wide range of scholars pointing at the limits and roots of NPE. However, postcolonial criticism of the EU as a normative power remains limited, although the EU's external relations with the former colonies of the European powers are addressed, drawing attention to the continuity and persistence of colonial power relations and racism in the EU's foreign policy. Hence, this article focuses on the Strategic Partnership?s Cooperation for Development pillar and questions the postulated discourse of historical and cultural links, which ignores the context they were created in. It argues that the European Union continues to position itself globally as a universal source of knowledge and an exceptional power, building its global identity on the continuing disregardance of the existing epistemological pluralities, and being driven by selective self-reflection. Acting through the means of the Development Cooperation Instrument and through the Latin American Investment Facility, the EU positions itself as a generous aid donor and a norm-setter, without taking into account the international socio-spatial differences. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 34-34 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=011&rid=13124 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11113124 Classification-JEL: D63 Keywords: Normative power Europe, postcolonialism, difference, decolonialism, European Union Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11113124 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Diana Elena Toma (Nastasia) Author-Name-First: Diana Elena Author-Name-Last: Toma (Nastasia) Author-Email: elenad.toma@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Valahia University of Târgovi?te Title: ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVE AS A SOLUTION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Abstract: One of the main features of an entrepreneur may be his ability to understand the economic environment as a whole, in terms of challenges, risks and opportunities that may arise in the future. The entrepreneur has an essential role in identifying innovative solutions, being in the position of accessing the opportunities offered by the economic environment, in its dynamics. Recently, progress has been made in studying and understanding the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth. However, a comprehensive understanding of the link between creativity, entrepreneurship and economic development is not enough covered the given the extent of knowledge needs in the field.Therefore, the paper treats entrepreneurship as an essential way for ensuring sustainable economic growth. Also, it pursuits to understand the basics of knowledge creation, the appropriate means of disseminating and communicating innovation and the role of the entrepreneur in this process. The paper is of current interest, given the high interest in entrepreneurship, an approach that can ensure the reduction of economic and social disparities, contributing to long-term economic development. Length: 11 pages Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 35-45 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=012&rid=13166 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11113166 Classification-JEL: L26, O31, M21 Keywords: Entrepreneurship, innovation, management, economy, accounting information, SMEs Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11113166 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Dejan Trifunovi? Author-Name-First: Dejan Author-Name-Last: Trifunovi? Author-Email: dejan.trifunovic123@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade Author-Name: Vito Pipitone Author-Name-First: Vito Author-Name-Last: Pipitone Author-Email: vito.pipitone@cnr.it, vito.pipitone@ismed.cnr.it Author-Workplace-Name: CNR & LUMSA University Title: Welfare Maximizing Competitive Balance: the Evidence from Top European Football leagues Abstract: In this paper we consider the pattern of competitive balance and the share of gate receipts in the top 5 European football leagues and the Scottish Premier League. Based on empirically identified preferences of fans in these leagues from different studies, we aim to identify whether the change of competitive balance moves the league towards or away from the welfare maximizing competitive balance. We have identified the reduction of competitive balance in Serie A and the English Premier League (EPL) in the seasons 2010/11-2018/19. In Serie A, this change of competitive balance does not reduce welfare, while it reduces welfare in EPL. There is also the reduction of competitive balance in Ligue 1, that does not make stadium fans worse off, but possibly reduces the surplus of media fans. In the other considered leagues, there is no trend of competitive balance, and we can only identify welfare consequences of the change of competitive balance in some sub-periods. Length: 14 pages Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 46-59 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=013&rid=13139 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11113139 Classification-JEL: L83 Keywords: Football leagues, competitive balance, fan preferences, welfare maximization Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11113139 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Katalin Völgyi Author-Name-First: Katalin Author-Name-Last: Völgyi Author-Email: volgyi.katalin@krtk.mta.hu Author-Workplace-Name: Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of World Economics, Budapest Title: Foreign direct investments of Asian emerging economies in V4 countries Abstract: This study deals with the outward FDI of six Asian emerging economies (South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam) in Visegrad Group countries. Its main aim is to determine the motives and pull factors for these investments. The investigation is mainly based on company data provided by AMADEUS, and information collected from company interviews and websites, investment promotion agencies, embassies, ministries, and relevant media. The findings show that South Korea is one of the most important non-European FDI source countries for the V4. Of the six Asian countries, the second largest investor is Taiwan. The four ASEAN countries have only small and sporadic investments in V4 countries. South Korean, Taiwanese and ASEAN companies in the V4 have been operating in various manufacturing and services sectors such as automotive, electronics, food, chemical, logistics, finance, real estate, construction, warehousing & storage, IT services, wholesale & retail trade, accommodation, and catering. The study investigates the motives and pull factors for Asian investments only in the automotive and electronics sector which are the most preferred sectors. The evidence shows that market-seeking and efficiency-seeking motivations are behind these investments. The main pull factors of the V4 are the following: free access to the EU market (EU membership since 2004), relatively low-cost production base, skilled labour, government incentives, and relatively developed infrastructure, anti-dumping measure of the EU, and presence of large home-country purchasers of components manufacturers. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 0000-00 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 55th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Nov -0001, pages 60-60 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/2020-international-academic-conference-vienna/table-of-content/detail?cid=111&iid=014&rid=13157 File-Function: First version, 0000 Number: 11113157 Classification-JEL: F21, F23 Keywords: FDI, South Korea, Taiwan, ASEAN countries, Visegrad Group Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:11113157