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The paper deals with one of the most frequently tested relationship within industrial economics literature, namely structure – performance relationship. It is based on the theoretical background of structure – conduct - performance paradigm and review of results of related empirical findings in conditions of selected industries. The analytical part of the paper in applied on the conditions of steel industry primarily focusing on Slovakia. Besides evaluation of trends in steel industry development, the paper provid...

The paper provides empirical analysis of the relationship between country level innovation performance and foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, namely inward and outward FDI. The increase in the volume of foreign direct investment flows is according to the most influential theories of FDI the important accelerator of the countries´ economic growth and innovation capabilities resulting to increase in international competitiveness. In this light, the object of our interest is to verify the existence and the streng...