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Innovators' vs. non-innovators' perceptions on business barriers in Southeastern Europe

The aim of this paper is to analyse whether perceptions regarding obstacles for doing business differ between innovative and non- innovative firms in post-transition period. To that end, we use the latest EBRD Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS round V) and perform the analysis for 9 countries in the Southeastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia. These countries have been chosen, since similar analysis is not available in the literature. We classify enterprises into 3 groups, according to their innovative performance: innovators (that have innovation output), R&D firms (that have innovation input) and non-innovators. The analysis reveals that in most countries and for most types of firms, tax rates and informal sector are perceived

business barriers ; innovation performance ; Southeastern Europe

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