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One of the highest net benefits from university degrees are in the countries of Former Eastern Bloc

Did you know that a university degree in Former Eastern Bloc countries brings more lifetime net benefit (compared with non-graduates) than in France, Germany, Austria, as well as in Nordic and Benelux…

The Economist: Central Europe’s Goldilocks economies – Never had it so good

The region is enjoying a boom. Countries from the Baltic states in the north to Black Sea states have become considerably richer over the past two decades. GDP per person in the Czech Republic is now…

Congratulations to our new Master Class CEE Alumni!

Before the awarding of the certificates the Master Class CEE students presented the results of their project seminar on the topic "Human Resources in the focus - labor shortage in CEE". 25 students…

Launch of the “Central Europe Connect” Joint Certificate Program

Together with the SGH Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Economics in Bratislava (EUBA), WU has started the English-taught Joint Certificate Program Central Europe Connect, which, at WU,…

The Grow East Congress 2018 in Retrospective

The Grow East Congress 2018 was a great success.

The New Silk Road as a Door-Opener to the Markets of Central and Eastern Europe

Arnold Schuh, the Director of the Center, was invited to give a speech on the “Symposium on New Markets for Hong Kong Electrical Appliance Industries”.

What can we expect in China in 2018?

Over the past couple of months, Chinese President Xi has positioned many new leaders and made his objectives for China very clear, so the practical implementation of these policies are now expected.

Are autocracies gaining ground against democracies?

The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) has been analyzing and monitoring the quality of democracy, market economy and governance in 126 developing and transformational countries on a…

How to tap the mobile money opportunity in Emerging Markets?

McKinsey&Company estimates that the mobile money has the potential to reach over 1.6 billion new retail customers in emerging economies and to increase the volume of loans extended to individuals and…

Forget about Berlin, Dublin, Amsterdam - the new start-up hotspots are in Central Eastern Europe!

The World Economic Forum reports about some new unexpected places that have become new European start-up hotspots and they are all in the CEE region.