The impact of globalization on the sustainable economic development of small economies and their SMEs in Central and Eastern Europe 1990-2015

Lewis, Paul S. (2020). The impact of globalization on the sustainable economic development of small economies and their SMEs in Central and Eastern Europe 1990-2015. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

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Abstract

The research considers the impact of globalization on the social, economic, environmental and political development of a selected sample of small countries of Central and Eastern Europe during the 25-year period between 1990 – 2015, the period in which increasing globalization appeared to be a permanent and inevitable phenomenon.

It looks at the extent to which globalization helped or inhibited sustainable economic development and how independence or ‘association membership and alliances’ facilitated or inhibited sustainable development.

Comparative panel data and published indexes are used including data about globalization, socio-economic and economic performance, happiness and wellbeing of populations and the environment for investors. The research considers the key driving and restraining forces affecting a country’s economic development and the pluses and minuses of globalization for that country.

Those countries within the sample (notably Lithuania), that have taken substantial steps to address the challenges of globalization have moved towards sustainability, whereas countries (such as Moldova and Macedonia) that have lagged behind in the measures they have taken have struggled to achieve economic sustainability. External associations, notably European Union membership, have played a key role in this distinction.

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Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.)

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Doctorates > Ph.D.

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