Manuela Tvaronaviciene

TL;DR: In this article, the authors set out the future research area of competitiveness theory taking into account the development of competitiveness concept and existing research tendencies, and critically analyse existing studies on competitiveness, suggesting different definitions, classification, factors, models of competitiveness, and evaluation criteria.

Abstract: The paper aims to detect character of relationship between fixed investments and economic growth in Lithuania and predict plausible tendencies of further change of considered variables In order to achieve the indicated task, authors concentrate themselves on two major questions Firstly, quantitative relationships between investments into major areas of economic activities and Lithuanian economic growth are being estimated Secondly, comparative analysis of Lithuanian pattern of investment and randomly taken developed European country is being performed Authors seek to trace how the latter invested during its process of development Concrete period of observation is being chosen taking into account the current level of Lithuanian economic development Authors seek to trace plausible consistent patterns of development in terms of relationship between fixed investments and economic growth as countries develop Obtained results might allow identifying the role of fixed investments, and, if to go f

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors aim to estimate and compare sustainable development processes in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia after the European Union accession, where data embracing the 2004-2008 period is being analyzed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest theoretical framework, application of which would allow indicating if foreign direct investment (FDI) facilitates or hinders economic development of host country economy, and the results of applied theoretical framework lead to corollary about different impact of FDI on various sectors of economy and high probability of diminishing positive initial impact after medium-term t...

TL;DR: In this paper, a statistical analysis aiming to evaluate quantitatively the dependence of stock index on some chosen statistically measurable factors is performed for the latter purpose stock prices of Lithuanian companies and such macroeconomic variables as foreign direct investment, state budget revenue and expenditure, gross domestic product, price index of consumer goods and services, money in a broad sense, average profitability of governmental bonds and inflation have been employed.