Doing Business with Slovakia

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 11
List of Contributors......Page 13
Introduction......Page 19
Part One The Economy and the Business Environment......Page 21
1.1 Political and Economic Overview......Page 23
1.2 Progress Report on EU Accession......Page 30
1.3 Foreign Direct Investment......Page 36
1.4 Foreign Trade......Page 43
1.5 Regional Development in Slovakia......Page 53
1.6 Business Risk Assessment......Page 63
Part Two The Legal Structure and Business Regulation......Page 67
2.1 Legal Framework......Page 69
2.2 Foreign Investment Regime......Page 72
2.3 Alternative Corporate Structures......Page 76
2.4 Agency Agreements, Distributorship and Franchising......Page 85
2.5 Employment Law......Page 88
2.6 Intellectual Property......Page 91
2.7 Dispute Resolution......Page 97
Part Three Finance, Accountancy and Taxation......Page 101
3.1 Banking......Page 103
3.2 Accountancy and Audit......Page 110
3.3 Business Taxation......Page 113
3.4 Financial Support and Finance Facilities from the EU......Page 122
3.5 Capital Markets......Page 130
Part Four Key Sectors of Business and Industry......Page 137
4.1 Agriculture and Food......Page 139
4.2 Gas and Mining, and Metallurgy......Page 143
4.3 Metallurgy and Glass......Page 147
4.4 Construction and Building Materials......Page 151
4.5 Wood Processing and Wood Products......Page 155
4.6 Machinery and Equipment......Page 166
4.7 Electrical Engineering......Page 176
4.8 Automotive Industry......Page 187
4.9 Chemical and Pharmaceutical......Page 196
4.10 Textiles, Clothing, Leather and Shoes......Page 205
4.11 The Transport Sector......Page 210
4.12 Communications......Page 217
4.13 Insurance......Page 223
4.14 Human Resources......Page 233
4.15 Advertising and the Media......Page 242
4.16 Retailing – Tesco in the Slovak Republic......Page 248
4.17 Bratislava Commercial Property Markets......Page 253
Part Five Appendices......Page 269
Appendix 1 General Sources of Further Information......Page 271
Appendix 2 Contributor Contact Details......Page 275
Appendix 3 Bank Austria Creditanstalt Contact List......Page 278
Index......Page 281
Other titles in this series from GMB......Page 290