Basic Characteristics Of The Greek Export Enterprises That Penetrate In The Central And Eastern European Countries (CEECS): An Empirical Investigation

Abstract

This paper deals with a particular aspect of Greek export trade with the CEEC countries.  More specifically an outline of Greek exports evolution to these countries is being attempted. Parallely, having as a base the data provided through field work – carried out in a representative sample of Greek enterprises active in the area- and with the use of Logit models there, was an attempt to lay out the basic characteristics of Greek enterprises which are progressively increasing their export activity to these countries Through the econometric application we concluded that enterprises which increase progressively their export activity to the CEEC have relatively big size and relatively great export experience. The location as well as the branch of economic activity appears to be of no influence on the export behavior of those enterprises.