Institutional reform and export competitiveness of central and eastern European economies / Doren Chadee, Alex Kouznetsov, Banjo Roxas -- National innovation system dynamics in east central Europe, the Baltic countries, and Russia / Teemu Makkonen -- Innovation and international competitiveness of manufacturing firms: evidence from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania / Malgorzata Stefania Lewandowska, Tomasz Golebiowski -- Manufacturing reshoring: threat and opportunity for east central Europe and Baltic countries / Luciano Fratocchi, Lelio Iapadre, Alessandro Ancarani, Carmela Di Mauro, Andrea Zanoni, Paolo Barbieri -- Business risk from governmental corruption in east central Europe, the Baltic countries, and Russia / Duane Windsor -- How is the crisis affecting the competitiveness of countries?: the case of the Baltic countries and the global crisis / Anna Matysek-Jedrych -- Energy and maritime clusters in the eastern Baltic Sea region: competitiveness through international inter-cluster cooperation? / Hanna Mäkinen, Eini Laaksonen, Kari Liuhto -- Competitive strategies of successful local firms in central and eastern Europe / Arnold Schuh -- Investment attractiveness of Visegrad Group countries: comparative analysis / Tomasz Dorozynski, Anetta Kuna-Marszalek -- Socio-economic development and competitiveness: Poland / Mariola Ciszewska-Mlinaric, Franjo Mlinaric, Aleksandra Wasowska, Krzysztof Wasowski -- Russia: ambitions and ammunitions in global economic competitiveness / Anatoly Zhuplev -- Socio-economic development and competitiveness of the North-West Federal District of Russia / Ksenia D. Shelest.