BTS Working Papers

• 25.02.2019

  Use of the BTS Methodology for Monitoring of Business Perceptions Towards Corruption in Ukraine

  Authors:  Kuziakiv Oksana
  Tags:  business expectations, Business idea
  Research spheres:  Business trends
• 03.06.2015

  Institutional Reforms is Key Driver of Investment Attractiveness Improvement in Ukraine

  Ukraine is at vital crossroad, the current political situation is perhaps an ideal for the implementation of reforms. EuroMaidan resulted in a change of political regime. The change in power brought about a government far more dedicated to the creation of an environment favorable to business. Corruption, violation of property rights and excessive business regulation are key problems in the Ukrainian business environment.
  Source: World Financial Review
  Authors:  Kuziakiv Oksana
  Tags:  Business idea
• 12.05.2015

  Business Climate in Ukraine: Declining Indicators with Little Confidence in the Nearest Future

  Ukrainian industrial enterprises entered 2015 with a negative perspective on the business climate in the country. The ongoing conflict and economic downturn have taken a toll on Ukrainian businesses across the sectors and sizes. For them, the current political and market uncertainty would make a zero-growth scenario look like a positive development, which, however, is not yet in sight: as shown in the survey by the Kyiv-based Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER), business climate keeps deteriorating.
  Source: 4Liberty
  Authors:  Fedets Iryna
  Tags:  Business idea
• 12.05.2015

  Ukrainian SMEs Innovation Activity: Analytical Evidence and Networking Opportunities

  After the signing of the Horizon 2020 Association Agreement with Ukraine on March 20, 2015, the discussions on how to enforce participation of different agents in this program have been initiated in Ukraine. Unlike in the EU, where SMEs are among Horizon 2020 priorities, in Ukraine the role of SMEs in innovation and S&T development is underestimated on the policy making level.
  Source: 4Liberty
  Authors:  Krasovska Olha
  Tags:  Business idea
• 16.01.2014

  Investment climate in Ukraine: mixed results of reforms in 2010-2013

  Foreign direct investment (FDI) has a signifi cant potential to be a motor for economic growth of the country, making an important contribution to GDP growth and improvement of global competitiveness of the country. It has a special importance and stronger impacts on economic development of emerging economies hat have a shortage of own resources for funding the economic growth.

  Source: World Financial Review
  Authors:  Kuziakiv Oksana
  Tags:  Business idea
• 21.06.2013

  The quality of the business environment as a precondition for economic development

  On June 21, 2013 Oksana Kuziakiv made a report "Quality of the business environment as a precondition for economic development" at the Second German-Ukrainian Legal Day, organized by the German-Ukrainian Union of Lawyers.

  Tags:  Business idea
• 11.04.2012

  The Usefulness of Business Tendency Survey Data for Short-Term Forecasting in the Post-Transition Economy: The Case of Ukraine

  The presentation “The Usefulness of Business Tendency Survey Data for Short-Term Forecasting in the Post-Transition Economy: The Case of Ukraine” that has been made by Oksana Kuzaikiv, IER Executive Director, 70th East Jour Fixe of the OesterreichischeNationalbank in Vienna (Austria) is available now in the IER web.

  Authors:  Kuziakiv Oksana
  Tags:  Business idea
• 01.10.2010

  Do the Managers' Expectations Predict Main Tendency Before and During Recession of Ukrainian Economy?

  The question either the managers’ expectations describe and predict main economic tendency in Ukraine is important question for the economic policy in the country. The information about business’s perceptions of their environment became of key importance in the times of change in economic tendencies.
  Authors:  Kuziakiv Oksana
  Tags:  business expectations, Business idea, economic tendencies, recession
  Research spheres:  Business trends
• 01.11.2009

  Did the Managers' Expectations Predict the Economic Crisis in Ukraine?

  The question either the managers’ expectations describe and predict main economic tendency in Ukraine is important question for the economic policy in the country. Nevertheless when we deal with particular country it is necessary to get sufficient evidence of relationship between Business Tendency Survey data and quantitative data of the official statistic.
  Authors:  Kuziakiv Oksana
  Tags:  business expectations, Business idea, crisis
  Research spheres:  Business trends
• 01.10.2008

  Do the Managers' Expectations Predict Main Economic Tendencies in Ukraine?

  The information about business’s perceptions of their environment is of key importance for policy makers. It is mostly due to they have become a valuable tool for economic analysis and forecasting.
  Authors:  Kuziakiv Oksana
  Tags:  business expectations, Business idea, forecast
  Research spheres:  Business trends