Jaklic, Andreja; Svetlicic, Marjan

• Contents: Origins of Slovenia and its Outward Internationalization: Introduction; Slovenia - a new state of the world; The history of outward investing. Outward Foreign Direct Investment in the 1990s: Legal framework and trends; Geographical and industrial distribution; Investment in the successors to the SFRY; The importance of investigating companies. Investing Abroad: From Idea to Results: Motivations for outward investment; Investing firms and foreign affiliates; Barriers to internationalization; Effects of outward investment. Case Studies: Characteristics and lessons of cases; Gorenje; Prevent; Iskraemeco; Krka; Lek; Kolektor; Mercator. Lessons from Slovenia: The role of the government; Is the Slovenian case relevant?; Conclusions; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.

'...the authors have presented a significant and competent study, which makes a valuable contribution towards the understanding of the role of outward FDI in Slovenia's economic development and transition process. Most important, the case study of Slovenia offers many learning opportunities for other transition economies, and may be used as a starting point for similar studies in the region.' South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics

Jaklic, Andreja; Svetlicic, Marjan

• Contents: Origins of Slovenia and its Outward Internationalization: Introduction; Slovenia - a new state of the world; The history of outward investing. Outward Foreign Direct Investment in the 1990s: Legal framework and trends; Geographical and industrial distribution; Investment in the successors to the SFRY; The importance of investigating companies. Investing Abroad: From Idea to Results: Motivations for outward investment; Investing firms and foreign affiliates; Barriers to internationalization; Effects of outward investment. Case Studies: Characteristics and lessons of cases; Gorenje; Prevent; Iskraemeco; Krka; Lek; Kolektor; Mercator. Lessons from Slovenia: The role of the government; Is the Slovenian case relevant?; Conclusions; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.

'...the authors have presented a significant and competent study, which makes a valuable contribution towards the understanding of the role of outward FDI in Slovenia's economic development and transition process. Most important, the case study of Slovenia offers many learning opportunities for other transition economies, and may be used as a starting point for similar studies in the region.' South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics

Jaklic, Andreja; Svetlicic, Marjan

• Contents: Origins of Slovenia and its Outward Internationalization: Introduction; Slovenia - a new state of the world; The history of outward investing. Outward Foreign Direct Investment in the 1990s: Legal framework and trends; Geographical and industrial distribution; Investment in the successors to the SFRY; The importance of investigating companies. Investing Abroad: From Idea to Results: Motivations for outward investment; Investing firms and foreign affiliates; Barriers to internationalization; Effects of outward investment. Case Studies: Characteristics and lessons of cases; Gorenje; Prevent; Iskraemeco; Krka; Lek; Kolektor; Mercator. Lessons from Slovenia: The role of the government; Is the Slovenian case relevant?; Conclusions; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.

'...the authors have presented a significant and competent study, which makes a valuable contribution towards the understanding of the role of outward FDI in Slovenia's economic development and transition process. Most important, the case study of Slovenia offers many learning opportunities for other transition economies, and may be used as a starting point for similar studies in the region.' South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics